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Waymo updates 3,800 robotaxis after they 'drive into standing water'

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Re: Waymo updates 3,800 robotaxis after they 'drive into standing water'

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cma wrote: post #158
flutas wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Waymo explicitly lidar scans and "HD maps" the area: https://waymo.com/blog/2020/09/the-waymo-driver-handbook-map... Tesla is less "HD", they have standard maps like we all think of, and a lane level "see-ahead" system where they basically just grab a satellite image tile, and align it with what the car sees for "FSD".

Some of the Tesla robotaxi deployments have relied on HD maps too, or at least they were spotted extensively lidar mapping Austin.

Those vehicles with lidar roof racks are validation for "FSD" look up project rodeo for some news reporting (they also have cameras further up mounted on a pole to validate "FSD"s reprojection technique).

Images of the cars screens show "project rodeo controls" is the only reason I say that we know these are validation vs mapping.

Re: Waymo updates 3,800 robotaxis after they 'drive into standing water'

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blueskies1029 wrote: post #220
MetaWhirledPeas wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On a normal day it should suffice to train the model to use its judgment and maybe monitor how other cars are reacting to water covering the road, but when it starts flooding everywhere maybe they should pause the service until it dries out.

Sometimes there are not other cars around. Sometimes, I get scared driving on the same roads I know in heavy rain. So I am interested to see how Waymo handles it. I agree a suspended service is nice. The issue with that is flooding is local localized at times, like even block by block. So I don't know how they will make the call to suspend service. Because the nuclear options is any heavy rain cancel rides, but that…

For people, they hear a news report and avoid affected intersections. With autonomous cars they can have people (or AI or both) monitoring affected areas and blacklisting streets and intersections in real time.
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