Recent content by rbt123

"obeys" is an alternative spelling for proves. There is no "following a command" if the vehicle made the decision to go based on anything but the command. Anyway, point taken that this is an enthusiast forum and not a technical one and I failed, twice, to consider that in my response.

Edit: for clarity my issue is with the word "proof" which has a very specific meaning. Saying "this video demonstrates Waymo responding to hand signals" is perfectly acceptable. Since the video data can be interpreted in other ways it is not proof. I'd love to see the debug data for this...

That video doesn't show any understanding of hand signals. It's coincidental, just like various Tesla videos on the same topic. Ignore the arms. There are other indications Waymo is using to go (pedestrian has moved out of the way, and the intersection cleared). If you watch very carefully...

Hasn't started yet. They did a bunch of trips in November for a baseline and planned to return in January to capture the snow version. In addition, it didn't snow in December. Much of the month was +5C.

Short answer is no. They were doing some data collection in November with intention of doing snow testing in January. Presumably they will drive the same routes and compare snow-weather output to good-weather output...

One minor nit. The maps are an abstraction, not a direct save of sensor data. There's no reason to believe the abstraction is specific to one sensor kit. They would want to reconfirm the maps simply due to time passing and maps becoming partially outdated: this applies whether using the same...

Almost certainly could in clear weather when all hardware is functional. The real question is can they remove cameras when some are already out of order due to obstruction or damage. True reliability requires airline type efforts: a very sensitive smoke alarm to catch smokers but still having a...

It's a Mobileeye product (Chauffeur) that Polestar purchased and is integrating at the factory. It likely has numerous limitations but whatever Polestar licensed already exists. Polestar is not launching an inhouse R&D project.

2 reasons off the top of my head. 1) Variety of data: there are at least 13 different types of snow (based off Inuit language translations) and no single location gets them all. Some types pack, some don't, some are sticky, some are slippery, some are more like sand, etc. Temperature, humidity...

It probably is for data points specifically related to weather. They'll need enough data to create a skilful model of traction, vision issues, sensor reliability, etc. for simulations, but more cars in a single region will not add to that does not increase the variety of data (different weather...

They've done cold weather testing in different parts of Michigan and New York state for several years. I think Buffalo is new though.

Closest thing to a standard for automatic electric vehicle charging are bus pantographs, but it's quite a bit of infrastructure compared to a lvl 2 charger and a minimum wage employee. https://bus-news.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-26-at-09.46.52.png Frankly, I'm...

IIRC stopping is only required for same-direction traffic as the bus in mainland China. I think it only applies to certain roadway types and even then compliance is pretty low. Failure to give buses priority is strictly enforced. That basically means letting the bus in and out of traffic when...

Agreed. Though this type of addition would strongly indicate a genuine intention of achieving a Level 4 system at some point in the future.

Likely nothing. Perhaps they install a downward facing radar near the front of the vehicle. It seems prudent to have a method for detecting unexpected obstructions under the vehicle for autonomous snow operations anyway. When there are 6 inches of fresh snow in the parking lot (on early Monday...