Waymo's collision avoidance testing

Re:Waymo's collision avoidance testing by qwezxcrty on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @05:39PM (#33991737)

Why self-driving trains are much easier to implement, yet there are not that many systems capable of doing that? Many newer metro lines are GoA 2 or 3, theoretically capable of running autonomously, but they always require a driver in the loop.

My partial answer is, making an extremely reliable system is hard. If someone wrote a deadly bug even only happen at a very corner case, it still can kill people. And it's quite hard to prove there isn't such bugs.

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Re:Waymo's collision avoidance testing by konschubert on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @05:45PM (#33991824)

Regulations. Nobody ever got fired for buying microsoft or for requiring a driver in the seat.

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Re:Waymo's collision avoidance testing by gretch on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @07:39PM (#33993219)

We don’t half self driving trains because there’s far, far less incentive.

You only need 1 or 2 drivers for a huge train carrying a lot of ppl/stuff. Optimizing away the driving barely reduces the cost of operating the train as a whole.

With cars, everyone drives themselves. There’s a lot more driving happening and so if you can automate that away, you create more value.

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