Automatic driving car of Waymo (former Google) runs "public" on public roads, released 360 degrees movies, virtual experiences moving in automatic driving possible

Google's automatic driving car development project is "Waymo"It became independent and became affiliated with the parent company Alphabet. Waymo has already conducted public road tests for more than a year, and runs at the cutting edge as an automatic driving car technology. Waymo has come to a point of practical use It is now available on the YouTube 360-degree movie, which is an automatic driving car technology, so that you can experience the future of getting on a nearby automatic driving car as soon as possible.

Waymo 360 ° Experience: A Fully Self-Driving Journey - YouTube


Google launched the development of automatic driving cars in 2009.


Various technologies are utilized in the automatic driving car that was handed over to Waymo. In this movie, it is explained how the automatic driving car developed by Waymo enables unattended driving, and makes the technology of the automatic driving car more familiar.


An image from a camera mounted on the ceiling of an automatic driving car. Waymo makes use of cameras, sensors, etc. to make the computer recognize the appearance of the outside world.


LIDARHigh-performance laser called automatic high-resolution data of all objects around the automobile in 3D.


In addition, since it is a 360 degree movie, it is also possible to check the visibility in 360 degrees omnidirectional by operating the handwheel mouse.


Also, the radar accurately measures the distance to the object and the moving speed of the object.


I am acquiring visual information with a high resolution camera. For example, the camera checks the color of traffic lights when entering an intersection.


I will dig deeper into what is going on in this scene as it approached the intersection.


By integrating all information obtained from LIDAR, radar, camera, etc., we can obtain the same information as human beings drive when driving.


And it is possible to predict exactly what will happen next in the scene recognized by machine learning. This is also the same as the judgment made when a man drives.


Waymo's automatic driving car can make judgment that human beings make at the time of driving by the size of three soccer grounds. And you can accurately memorize geographical information every time you travel, and you have already input millions of street information by public road test.


For example, I will look at a scene that enters a parking lot from a street. I firmly grasp the movement of people and bicycles walking on the sidewalk next to the driving lane.


Migrate pedestrians and bicycles ......


Once security was confirmed, we finally entered the parking lot.


In addition, in the narrow streets of Parking, paused to pass a car that comes from face-to-face.


This is because I recognized the presence of a person loading and unloading loads in the trunk. Even if the road width does not conflict with the car from the face to face, if we proceed as it is, we perceive the danger of colliding with the person in front. Waiting for the car to pass, Waymo 's automatic driving car moved forward, passed by, avoiding people with extra margin.


After that, after understanding the mechanism of Waymo's automatic driving car, after experiencing automatic driving experience sitting on the rear seat. There are no people in the driver's seat or passenger's seat, but Yu Yu and the drive will continue.


On the display attached to the rear of the front seat, the navigation of the automatic driving car is displayed. When the steering wheel was turned to the right, the car started turning right.


Waymo's automatic driving car is already capable of running on the same level of public roads as driving by common human drivers. "Once you set your destination, the future that relaxes in the car and waits for arrival" seems to be approaching soon.