Controversial engineer: I travelled over 3,000 miles in a self-driving car
Controversial engineer: I travelled over 3,000 miles in a self-driving car
The car, a modified Toyota Prius, used only video cameras, computers and basic digital maps to make the cross-country trip.
Levandowski told the Guardian that, although he was sitting in the driver’s seat the entire time, he did not touch the steering wheels or pedals, aside from planned stops to rest and re-fuel. “If there was nobody in the car, it would have worked,” he said.
The system does not use laser-ranging lidars like those that Levandowski helped to develop at Waymo, Otto and Uber. This is not because he is afraid of more lawsuits, Levandowski insists, but because he now believes that lidars are an expensive and unnecessary red herring in the quest for robotic vehicles.
Controversial engineer: I travelled over 3,000 miles in a self-driving car
The car, a modified Toyota Prius, used only video cameras, computers and basic digital maps to make the cross-country trip.
Levandowski told the Guardian that, although he was sitting in the driver’s seat the entire time, he did not touch the steering wheels or pedals, aside from planned stops to rest and re-fuel. “If there was nobody in the car, it would have worked,” he said.
The system does not use laser-ranging lidars like those that Levandowski helped to develop at Waymo, Otto and Uber. This is not because he is afraid of more lawsuits, Levandowski insists, but because he now believes that lidars are an expensive and unnecessary red herring in the quest for robotic vehicles.