I took a ride in Waymo’s fully driverless car
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Waymo’s fully driverless vehicles are doing passenger trips in the suburbs outside Phoenix, Arizona. We got to experience it first hand, and our ride included a close brush with a construction site, a wrong turn, and a flock of pigeons. But more importantly, it got us thinking about what it means when Waymo says the future is driverless, and what we lose when we eliminate human driving.
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Would you go for a ride in a fully driverless car or are you still hesitant?
It’s the future!!! once all cars are autonomous, transportation will be so much more efficient
Not in my lifetime, and I'm 25
I would do it in a heartbeat! I so welcome this technology. I can't wait until it's the norm.
Honestly I would just stick to Autonomous Shuttle Buses like the Muji GACHA for now
@@error404blah For sure in your lifetime. They already exist, its not going to take 60 years before these are mainstream
Driverless cars are also wearing the seat belt! What a time to be alive!
Maybe there's an invisible person
it's just so it doesn't do that beeping thing
Varun Nahar
Willy Du - 2019
it just to make passanger feel that "it's a responsible driver"
The car would hate to get any demerit points for not wearing a belt.
They need to launch it Mumbai
And it will get 10 years of experience in 1 day
Haha 😂
Yash Kansal lmaooooooo.
Sahi hai
Would it get through a single day, though?
Rational_Thinker_86 lol what are you? 10?
Open the trunk, Hal....
"I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that"
Your comment is extremely underrated !
"Open the pod bay doors, Hal"
"Sorry, this is Siri, I did not understand what you just said"
Open the trunk and you will find a guy with joystick 😂
Too much video of us watching you talk inside the car. Show us the view outside while it's making manoeuvers.
Couldn't you rent another vehicle to do follow shots?
agree, what value does seeing him talk add to this video, would much rather a dual view, with a small inside camera view if they must and mostly outward view of the vehicle. Also how long was the trip?
@@TonyTylerDraws acceleration, lane change, and overall smoothness is similar to a human? If so, that's really impressive.
canngo123 100% agree
@@canngo123 Yes, you couldn't tell a difference if you didn't know it was a self driving car. They drive like a very cautious defensive driver.
I agree. We didnt see the car changing lanes. He just said it did that.
Filming was bad.
seat belt buckled. It's the invisible man at the wheel)))
On a serious note, the seat belt needs to be buckled because otherwise the car will turn on the no seat belt blinker
Aayushman Bhatia they can deactivate that, I don’t know why they didn’t
@@willinton06 probably because its far easier to just click in the seat belt :)
willinton06 It’s a Chrysler. One wrong mod and the things broken LMAO
@@aayushmanbhatia6561 Also many driver assistance features behave differently, like auto hold, parking brake won't self apply, and some cars will limit top speed.
Ppl are going to stop learning how to drive and then when something goes haywire they won’t know what to do even if manual controls are handed over
As someone who owns a small dog and who hates seeing dead wildlife on the road, I have wondered for a long time if autonomous vehicles will be taught to recognize animals. I am VERY happy to see this Waymo stop for those pigeons! ♥️
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Agree, but now imagine how many obstacles it will also stop for instead of going around like roadkill and debris. The failsafe solution for autonomous vehicles seems to be stop for everything, which isn’t always the best response.
What if someone was behind it?
@@lgaddy
The cars are programmed to see the person, but not the animal. So it's not that I care less about people than animals. The point of my comment was that the car needs to be programmed to recognize both.
@@anneahlert2997 I'm not sure if you meant to reply to me or not, but I was just wondering if the car would be able to tell of there was a vehicle behind it.. would it cause a pileup? Don't get me wrong I'm glad it stopped for the pigeon, but wondering if it would know what to do in that type of situation..
Everybody gansta until the Chrysler starts driving itself
Oh wow, you stopped right next to my apartment complex! My roommate’s car was in the background!
Self driving cars just need to hit a critical mass where if enough cars are self driving then there is no human error they need to account for.
Yes insurance will be so expensive for human driver cars. Get them idiots texting while driving off of the road.
So therefore insurance should be dirt cheap
The thing is that it will probably be 50-100 years after self driving cars launch for almost every driver in America to have a driverless car. Think about all the 20th century cars we see on the road today.
Some of us humans actually like driving and are good at it.
The cheapest vision is trace the lane by ir then use scanner to trace the interference marked out the lane then use uv to trace the lane marking or shoulder lane and compare to map for destination and speed limit then use purple fine resolution to avoid spirit prevent hitting ghost too
I’m just wondering how these cars merge onto a highway if no one lets them in 😅
Tech Innovation Rocks! 🔥 This Topic Sounds Interesting and Scary at the Same Time 🔥
"with nobody in the front seat" it is hilarious!
years from now this video will be uploaded and entitled “The Ancients experiencing AiCars for the first time lol”
I think they need to tweak the AI on the steering. It seems to over correct which causes the shaky 'undecided' movement
Have you seen people on icy roads?
PONY in Irvine CA is doing driverless cars now too currently although they still have humans in the driver seat. Fascinating.
Damn, it's very cool to see that they're starting to feel comfortable enough to send these things out without humans in the driver's seat.
No its not. People need jobs
@@circusboy90210 Bro, take a second for me and look back at the history of those fighting to keep the types of jobs that were sufficiently replaced by technology. What you'll find is a 0% success rate. Trying to stand in the way of automation is a losing battle every time. The move isn't to sit there and stubbornly refuse to adapt. It's to look at which way the wind is blowing and adjust. Otherwise you'll find yourself in the same spot that elevator attendants, switchboard operators, and travel agents did.
@@circusboy90210 Overall, automation creates more jobs than it ends. The printing press replaced scribes, but created a monstrous media industry. The problem is job re-training, not technology. Also, taxi driver is one of the worst jobs on earth.
Very scary.
Wow! Google has their hand in Waymo things than I knew.
I got a guestion. What happens when someone decides to weaponize a self driving level 5 car, as in load it up with explosives. Just a wondering. Not saying anyone would ever do that.
I have worked on waymo process in hyderabad for 2 n half years..in future all roborts will help us
I think down the line Tesla’s implementation will prevail cause it’s much cheaper and much more suited for mass production, but idk how long will it take it to get there
It would be a great idea to make a partition or something to not see that twitching wheel. It’s absolutely terrifying to look at this while the driverless car is driving by a truck on the opposite lane.
Plot twist: it's controlled by aliens chilling there ship in out space
This is a 3 mile trip and approximately ~ 7 minutes to destination. The road to Baby Kays is just a straight shot from the Watershed. Don’t be fooled with this video .
Waymo has been operational everyday in Chandler for a few years now. Are you making the assumption that this was an isolated trip just for this video?
the anxiety masking in this video is HILARIOUS
I live down the road from where the downtown area is and I see these cars all the time!
03:27 scary as f*ck routing correction 🤯😬🤪
I've had to make plenty of routing corrections due to wrong turns I've made. So, I don't have a problem with that, besides, I wouldn't want to be dropped off at to wrong destination.
@@daveid7247 I think thomas' comment was more about the wiggling steering wheel than the fact that the car did the routing corrections in the first place😄
I think that was caused by bumps on the road, not by the actuators of the steering wheel.
Real word traffic is dynamic, meaning always changing. If you use Google Maps on a daily basis, in a metro area, it will always find the best route, and it will take you on that route. Same thing with self-driving vehicles.
Sean or perhaps it's algorithm determines that's the safest way, albeit unintuitive
Great I new the day would come when we could drink and drive
Wow, I watched this and thought to myself that Waymo is far ahead of Tesla with driverless driving. But then he said this is only a 50 sq mi area and there are many people monitoring in the background. Now I don't know what to think.
Waymo is still LIGHT-YEARS ahead of Tesla.
Liking this kit van ride on night rider 💪
Another 10 years and we might see this in almost every car
At least 15 years before mass adoption
@@Btt8 personally owning a car is not the future. Instead the majority of people will simply hire taxis. Waymo can do this method in 10 years easy.
1000 years haven’t even discovered mylon technology
Nice to know you don’t have to leave tips.
My mom used to work at the restaurant, Baby Kay's! This is so crazy. Also, my first job. I recommend the jambalaya, pork po'boys with cheese, wings with renee sauce, lulu sauce, or regular buffalo.
Haha,your comment is totally nothing to do with the video,I like it!!!
Probably the biggest problem to overcome, might be the fact that a lot of us know where we are going, but can't explain it to the computer. Anyone trying to set their car's navigation tech will attest to this. Also, the computers might mistake the name of one place with the same or similar name.
Facts. It will take you to an address, but not your destination. For example, it will take you to the mall, but not a specific entrance.
I imagine some day we will be able to transfer GPS coordinates from the map on our phone to get to the exact location we want.
We are finally in the jetsons Era
Funny. I see these every day they are 5 minutes away from where I work. It's normal seeing these driving around
beginning of skynet
This is nuts.
i was thinking there should not be the driver seat if having no human drivers 😅
In 30 years people will be like why were they so concerned in this video😂
I give it 15 years
So does this mean you can summon it from anywhere. Imagine it getting pulled over by a cop and none in the car
Yes, you can summon it on any public road or parking lot in the region they operate.
Tesla's FSD Beta is far ahead. While yes, it's not perfect yet. It can navigate anywhere in the U.S. not just on pre-mapped areas
Inevitable? Yes.
Scary? Absolutely yes. Freaking petrified here.
I'm way more scared of the general public piloting these killing machines.
Maybe you won't be when the number of accidents drop by 90%.
@@ravitejaknts Maybe try reading my comment again. Cars kill many thousands of people every year.
@@ravitejaknts I think you misunderstood my message. When I say I am more afraid of the general public piloting cars, that means I think that is more dangerous than a good AI system piloting cars.
I have a question whatever you have construction work in a person holding a stop sign 🤔
But why are these cars have to look like the have tumors all over them? Are these sensor that much more advanced than the one from Tesla?
Tesla is using 8 video cameras, 12 ultrasonic proximity sensors, and a forward radar. Waymo is using similar sensors as well as 2 lidar sensors which are 3d depth sensors that give a very accurate 3d map of a car's surroundings. Elon believes lidar is an expensive crutch that is not necessary.
On one hand, having an accurate 3d map of the environment seems safer, but it might be too cost prohibitive for the tech to quickly reach consumers. Humans manage to drive perfectly fine, even with 1 eye.
Question: if you’re in a situation where you have to merge and the traffic is super heavy, plus no one wants to let you in (aggressive), will the driverless car sit there forever because it’s not safe? Eventually, you have to go for it. A human would know that.
Yes it would there not programmed at least the what my teacher said
@@Slaythings56990 that’s what I thought. Meanwhile, the people behind it will be fuming!
When there are a lot of those on the roads, the pigeons will learn they can walk in front of cars and be safe. Just saying...
Actually some SDC do have logic if it ok to yeld to them or not.
It works for simple situations and ideal roads
What if no network, terrain in the forest, mountains, foggy, snowy, rainy, no traffic lights, no road markings or signs, unexpected pediatricians or other emergency situations, emergency vehicles etc.
The point is we cannot program a car for all possible conditions what may happen in real life, so if the car cannot make decisions or think/guess then it is not ready to public so can't replace human driver yet.
However it works as a fun in the lab conditions where everything is pretty simple.
Tesla cultists talk about Tesla like they're on Waymo's level, but I still have to see a single car from them that's just able to do this.
It stopped for the pigeons now that's safe lol
Imagine the whole time, a driver is remotely controlling the car LOL
Thank you so much sir
And If you are angry against that “robot driver” ??? How do you proceed to it ?? 😡
Who wd pay penalty charge ticket ???( If any speed limit .... )
Yes, it's worth all this effort for it obviously works despite how almost unthinkable it really is to not have a person in the drivers seat. This goes to show that driver jobs are endangered from the early to mid 2020's. For those of us who don't have a car to drive, we're going to need help home from the grocery store in our older age and assistance from various robots for there won't be people to help us out with these simple necessary tasks. We're on the cusp of everything becoming robotic and automated which will mean not only do we use AI self check out systems, but shelves will be stocked by robotic systems and vast number of jobs will be done by such systems. I like the idea that AI will be more safer and logical than people when it comes to operating vehicles and equipment for there are just so many accidents happening that could he avoided in reality. I dunno what common people are going to do for money to keep capitalism going though. I'm really noticing the past couple years how there's usually no one to talk to in stores and just seeing fewer employees in every day life. It's now taking 5 to 7 weeks for my landlord to get to work orders for there aren't the employees and staff like used to be common yet these jobs and man hours haven't been replaced by robots yet.
Overall, automation creates more jobs than it ends. The printing press replaced scribes, but created a monstrous media industry. The problem is job re-training, not technology. Also, taxi driver is one of the worst jobs on earth.
Squirrel hijacks a Waymo, goes nuts.
That is very cool of course. But winter driving or any unexpected situation like tire damage are not yet scripted I guess.
"You should trust robots"
The Mandolorian: "No droids."
Legitimate question: An autonomous vehicle is driving along and a truck is about to crash into it. To minimise the impact the car needs to swerve but it has no room to avoid hitting something, does it
A: swerve off the road and kill 10 people standing at a bus stop or
B: Does it swerve into the truck and kill the person inside the autonomous vehicle and saves the 10 people at the bus stop?
Houston, we got a problem ..🤖🤖
A huge point has been missed in this video, subscription service for cars. It’s fine for a car to be 400k when it could end the need for ownership. I took an Uber from the edge of my town to the centre for £5. Now ... what happens when the driver is removed? How much of that £5 was the driver’s income? When everything is driverless, could you reduce the level of safety features which are there for the actions of useless human drivers?
The seat belt is latched in the driver's seat. 🤔😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I wish that Waymo would buy and use Tesla vehicles so they wouldn’t have to retrofit the car and it already had the technology in it. That way they wouldn’t have to fight with hardware and they could focus more on software. Both Tesla and Waymo would be scratching each other’s backs because the sooner they can show that self driving cars can be safe the sooner Tesla can roll it out and get more sales for people to access that in their cars.
I would be having anxiety and why is the seat belt on haha there is no one sitting there!!
We’re living the future
What would insurance rates be for a driverless car? Higher or lower than a driver right now?
It’s all well and good until your car shows up with, how should I say it, nastiness left behind from the previous fare. No limit to the number of “hidden surprises” either
2:15 Google Phone Google Car
It was funny the driver seat had a seat belt on..
You would love to see the car stopping for the pigeon's.. Yeah thanks for the camera positions..
@Cinnamon Glow ikr
The thin invisible man is driving
It may not detect:
A squirrel crossing the road.
A Fast cyclist on the blind spot
A hard to spot puddle or pit.
A problematic red light or something.
I got more.. But you get the point. I don't trust it at the moment.
3:27 What is that crazy movement?
Amazing, not for me but amazing
What happens when a tire blows? Does a robot come out the back and change the tire??
This dude- I Wanna do a report on Selfless cars.
His Boss- here you go 100$, that'll get you ONE CAMERA
Astonishing!
Fantasy is fun but the reality is different.
*So.... what happens when the car gets pulled over?*
One problem I see is that the people most likely to benefit safety wise, are those who drive too fast, too close and to erratic. But they are also the least likely to want to be driven safely around in a slow cautiously methodical manner. Autonomous vehicles will only be faster than human drivers when there are no more human drivers.
Tesla has Waymo data than.. Waymo.
Has me wondering how insurance cos-that are owned by the rich who pull levers of power-are going to do to continue to juice people for profits after there are a fraction of the accidents.
why they insert steering while car is driver
less?
No more road rage out there maybe lol which will be good 😊.
You forgot the fact it doesn't make left turns...
So come to Charlotte NC
No wonder I saw a car without a driver
I hope they will branch out from individual transport into mass transit problems, because driverless cars transporting single humans are still using the same amount of fuel and road space as a car with a driver
I would be a little nervous. Thank you for the video.
Mars, here we come 😂
Cars could be sentient soon
I like this idea, now i can drive drunk😂
Instead of self-driving cars, I believe we should put our (brain) energy to solve traffic problems with public transportation systems including subways and good old electric tramways.
Why does it have a front seat?
Good experience
but there are still black hat hackers out there that they will try for sure to exploit it?
hi. Can be used in all countries?
Does it mean that DMVs can now shutdown? Yes, please.
When he said google spun out this company for their business sounds like they made WayMo the fall guy for if and when law suits occur removing them from any liability.
what do the spinny sensors do?