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Waymo Reaches 4 Million Autonomously-Driven Miles

posted by Fnord666 on Friday December 01 2017, @02:48AM   Printer-friendly
from the need-to-drive-waymo-miles dept.

takyon writes:

Waymo racks up 4 million self-driven miles

Waymo continues to press its lead in terms of actual miles driven on roads, which is potentially the most important metric out there when it comes to building successful autonomous driving technology. The Alphabet-owned company that began life as Google's self-driving car project around a decade ago now has 4 million miles driven autonomously on roads.

That 4 million miles represents the self-driving effort of Waymo's entire test fleet, covering its original autonomous vehicles all the way up to its current driverless Chrysler Pacifica minivans, which are actually now testing on Arizona public roads, right alongside everyday human drivers, with no safety driver behind the wheel at all.

In simulations, Waymo's bots have driven 2.5 billion "virtual miles".

Also at The Verge.

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 01 2017, @05:47AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 01 2017, @05:47AM (#603816)

    If they advertised the vehicle as self-parking, then you EXPECT the car to be able to park itself, without running over some nitwit standing in the way.

    But it begs the question: wouldn't the world be better with fewer nitwits?

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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday December 01 2017, @08:07PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Friday December 01 2017, @08:07PM (#604022)

    Actually, the problem is: will teh car park despite the chair or bucket put there by the person who shoveled the space?
    Until that code is reliable, letting your car self-park in winter in many neighborhoods would result in highly unpleasant results...