Zoox and Its $800M Robo Taxi Dream [video]

Re:Zoox and Its $800M Robo Taxi Dream [video] by Animats on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @02:50AM (#17555983)

That's a decent level of performance. Local driving, freeway, local driving, without (apparently) manual intervention.

Building a little vehicle for local transport is reasonable. At least five other companies have built minibuses for parking lot shuttles and such.[1] Nobody seems to have more than pilot installations. This is embarrassing. Under 25MPH self driving ought to be within current technology. At low speeds, you can stop fast enough that predicting the behavior of others isn't necessary. Navya has a few installed systems, but they're either on dedicated roads or under 10mph.

[1] https://craft.co/local-motors/competitors

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Re:Zoox and Its $800M Robo Taxi Dream [video] by flukus on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @03:14AM (#17556081)

> This is embarrassing. Under 25MPH self driving ought to be within current technology

The fact hat it's not tells you all you need to know about self driving vehicles. I'd expect full autonomous vehicles about a decade after we can hit these easier targets.

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Re:Zoox and Its $800M Robo Taxi Dream [video] by Animats on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @03:15PM (#17561264)

Google built a little car without manual controls that was capable of under 25MPH travel in areas such as senior communities. They used to run it around Mountain View. But they decided not to proceed with that as a product. Google didn't want to run a car factory.

The "fake it til you make it" startups aren't succeeding at this.

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