The story of Homer: Voyage’s first self-driving taxi
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The story of Homer: Voyage’s first self-driving taxi
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#2Hello all! Oliver, the CEO of Voyage here. I'm here to answer any questions about Homer I can (sat next to him right now actually: https://www.dropbox.com/s/avznvqa01hftoe2/IMG_1642.jpg?dl=0).
Just let me know!
Re: The story of Homer: Voyage’s first self-driving taxi
#3This is so amazing! Good stuff guys!!!
Re: The story of Homer: Voyage’s first self-driving taxi
#4Are you planning to sell these as kits for hobbyists to retrofit into their cars? That would be way more accessible than having to buy a Tesla.
Re: The story of Homer: Voyage’s first self-driving taxi
#5Are you planning to sell these as kits for hobbyists to retrofit into their cars? That would be way more accessible than having to buy a Tesla.
We aren't. But you can always summon one of our Voyage taxis and get the same experience for much cheaper!
Retrofitting is such a tough industry to be in. Every car is ridiculously different.
Re: The story of Homer: Voyage’s first self-driving taxi
#6Hello all! Oliver, the CEO of Voyage here. I'm here to answer any questions about Homer I can (sat next to him right now actually: https://www.dropbox.com/s/avznvqa01hftoe2/IMG_1642.jpg?dl=0 ). Just let me know!
So you're a company with 10 engineers ... and you're building self driving technology from scratch? I thought it requires large teams and billion dollar investments.
Re: The story of Homer: Voyage’s first self-driving taxi
#7Hello all! Oliver, the CEO of Voyage here. I'm here to answer any questions about Homer I can (sat next to him right now actually: https://www.dropbox.com/s/avznvqa01hftoe2/IMG_1642.jpg?dl=0 ). Just let me know!
So you're a company with 10 engineers ... and you're building self driving technology from scratch? I thought it requires large teams and billion dollar investments.
Not from scratch! We use lots and lots of open source (<3 ROS), in addition to secret sauce we've developed over the past year.
Re: The story of Homer: Voyage’s first self-driving taxi
#8Hello all! Oliver, the CEO of Voyage here. I'm here to answer any questions about Homer I can (sat next to him right now actually: https://www.dropbox.com/s/avznvqa01hftoe2/IMG_1642.jpg?dl=0 ). Just let me know!
Hello. What's the next major milestone that you and your team is presently focused on and why?
It seems like it's early days for Voyage. How do you see your service eventually getting to market?
Re: The story of Homer: Voyage’s first self-driving taxi
#9Hello all! Oliver, the CEO of Voyage here. I'm here to answer any questions about Homer I can (sat next to him right now actually: https://www.dropbox.com/s/avznvqa01hftoe2/IMG_1642.jpg?dl=0 ). Just let me know!
How many miles has Homer logged? What kind of streets / conditions / etc? Have you run it at night? I see the build, but no demonstration of capability. Do you have an app? How do you summon a car? Are you expanding to new cities?
Re: The story of Homer: Voyage’s first self-driving taxi
#10Hello all! Oliver, the CEO of Voyage here. I'm here to answer any questions about Homer I can (sat next to him right now actually: https://www.dropbox.com/s/avznvqa01hftoe2/IMG_1642.jpg?dl=0 ). Just let me know!
cool project! some of the conditions on the road are fairly predictable -- highway signs, lane markers, people, other cars, etc -- but what are some of the edge cases that you've had to account for? e.g. a mattress falls off a car in front of you. for lack of a better word, "weird" driving situations like that still seem to greatly favor human drivers, and I'm curious how you solve the problem.