News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on GM exits robotaxi market, will bring Cruise operations in house. Parent comment

Re:GM exits robotaxi market, will bring Cruise operations in... by Animats on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @06:07PM (#42382715)
> Who else is even close to being able to provide it?

Baidu/Apollo, maybe. There are deployed robo-taxis in China. Reviews of driving quality indicate "meh", they are sometimes directly teleoperated to get out of problems, and difficult intersections have fixed cameras the cars can see through.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:GM exits robotaxi market, will bring Cruise operations in... by standardUser on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @07:03PM (#42383126)
From what I've read China is forging ahead very successfully, but I assume there would be a lot of friction if they tried to enter the US market, to say the least.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:GM exits robotaxi market, will bring Cruise operations in... by mitthrowaway2 on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @10:23PM (#42384409)
Reading from intersection-mounted fixed cameras seems like a valid solution.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:GM exits robotaxi market, will bring Cruise operations in... by astrange on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @01:47AM (#42385448)
Has the issue with all cameras, which is that they don't work when they can't see.

Of course, if they're actually a more general kind of sensor but called a camera then it's fine.

[ Parent | on HN ]