Interesting Engineering

Waymo’s new Ojai robotaxi cuts sensor count by 42%, doubles long-range visibility

Alphabet-owned Waymo deploys its new Ojai robotaxi fleet in San Francisco and Los Angeles, featuring advanced 360-degree ...

A Waymo driverless car hit a child, and now the NHTSA is involved

A Waymo driverless car recently struck a child in an unfortunate incident, prompting an official investigation into the ...

Watch UK’s first driverless taxi take to streets of London as AI ‘robo cabs’ to pick up millions of passengers

THIS is the moment a driverless taxi was spotted on London’s streets. Members of the public have seen the Waymo AI cabs ...

Waymo admits autopilot uses overseas human drivers

Waymo admitted that when cars run into unusual situations, remote human drivers -- sometimes working overseas -- step in to ...

Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars Zoom Into the Spotlight at Super Bowl

So far, Waymo is winning Super Bowl week. The Google sister company, which offers cab rides in autonomous cars, announced ...

Driverless taxis set to launch in UK as soon as September

Waymo has laid out plans for a robotaxi service in London with a pilot scheme due to begin in April.
Futurism

Waymo Spotted Driving Wrong Way Down Busy Street

You don’t share the road with robotaxis — the robotaxis munificently share the road with you. This week, one of Waymo’s fully driverless cabs was spotted blundering down the wrong side of a street in ...