Designing the Waymo Driver

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YooJung Ahn, Head of Design at Waymo was set to deliver this presentation at this year’s SXSW Conference. In the wake of that cancellation, and in the spirit of continued learning, we’re sharing that presentation here for everyone to experience.
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  • @ehvlullo
    @ehvlullo4 жыл бұрын

    I think the sensors came out looking very nice on the I-pace. Especially the roof mounted suite looks really sleek to me.

  • @Vamanos46

    @Vamanos46

    4 жыл бұрын

    Volvo subbrand Polestar PRECEPT embraces lidar sensor subtly too.

  • @anitasjackson8591
    @anitasjackson85914 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful presentation. Appreciate the close collaboration between design and engineering with the end user always in mind.

  • @Wehoq
    @Wehoq4 жыл бұрын

    I think the honda e would really fit into waymo‘s design language

  • @richardcapp5497
    @richardcapp54973 жыл бұрын

    I look forward to self driving vehicles. Saw them in Phoenix and very impressive. The reductions in accidents and reduced stress in large city traffic are my biggest pluses. Live in Sacramento area and liked to visit San Francisco, but the stress of the drive and traffic take away from that experience. I like driving my corvette, but would trade it in for a self driving vehicle. The looks of the 10th generation equipment will be way less intrusive than this 5th generation equipment. I would think insurance companies will like these technology as they can still collect insurance , hopefully at lower cost to us, but have minimal payouts.

  • @iwalaskitesalonika2081
    @iwalaskitesalonika20812 жыл бұрын

    Great presentation. Again, safety measures along with comfort is the most parameters for self autonomous vehicles.

  • @shawnxiaochengzhang6102
    @shawnxiaochengzhang61024 жыл бұрын

    would be more interesting if you can mention how these designs meet existing automotive homologation requirements.

  • @alystair
    @alystair4 жыл бұрын

    Surprised they are not testing this in Toronto considering Sidewalk Labs is located there...

  • @LaminatedLama

    @LaminatedLama

    4 жыл бұрын

    They're focused on regions with the easiest weather conditions. Toronto has terrible weather and snow and its hard. Phoenix is always hot and clear.

  • @frankdavidson644
    @frankdavidson6443 жыл бұрын

    Awesome job thanks 😊

  • @PrayTellGaming
    @PrayTellGaming4 жыл бұрын

    I like what i hear but what i SEE... you guys edited those clips very nicely of the Jag so that we can't really get a great view of how much those sensors stick out...

  • @janpohorelicky6990
    @janpohorelicky69904 жыл бұрын

    I really want this car in Prague. Please

  • @filipperich8850

    @filipperich8850

    4 жыл бұрын

    Já to tady říkám v práci každý den, že musíme mít Waymo kancelář v Praze.

  • @joelblanco1800
    @joelblanco18004 жыл бұрын

    Lidar is the only way this is going to be safe enough so I think they are going in the right decision, that I pace looks awesome too

  • @sairamkotti9046
    @sairamkotti90463 жыл бұрын

    Hope !These cars should also export to India

  • @wintersole4916
    @wintersole49164 жыл бұрын

    I think it would be a great idea for potential owners of Waymo Driver enabled cars to allow their cars to be used with the ride sharing service. After a commute, all the time that the car would have spent parked while the owner is working could be spent generating revenue for Waymo and for the owner of the car, as well as providing a ride sharing service for people who can't afford a car. The owners can just schedule when they'll need their car back.

  • @matthewswanson2707
    @matthewswanson27074 жыл бұрын

    I love waymo!!❤❤❤❤❤

  • @shikki111
    @shikki1114 жыл бұрын

    Waymo in Aarhus please

  • @patrickstephen8236
    @patrickstephen82364 жыл бұрын

    I'm not saying one method is correct and one method is incorrect, but it's going to be very interesting (and it has been) to watch the two ways of approaching self driving vehicles, mainly between Tesla and Waymo. Personally I think Tesla has a huge advantage, but I can also see some problems with their approach.

  • @seb.

    @seb.

    4 жыл бұрын

    They have 29 cameras, with cleaning AND heating systems... Teslas has 8 cameras and heating. Time will tell

  • @mschribr

    @mschribr

    4 жыл бұрын

    Waymo has already won. Waymo is level 4. Tesla is level 2.

  • @Itslavishbitch

    @Itslavishbitch

    2 жыл бұрын

    Tesla won. Simple. I uploaded videos of me cursing highways and city The backseat of my Tesla well no one was present in the driver seat the only vehicle on the market that can be operated from the backseat is only Tesla and if you think I’m lying I have more than 29 videos on my channel proving to you that Tesla made the first self driving car with chest vision

  • @AnilShankarHome
    @AnilShankarHome2 жыл бұрын

    Hey, why is Human-Centered Design Principle #5? Would Asimov agree? Just

  • @tanishqsaxena597
    @tanishqsaxena5974 жыл бұрын

    How to get job at waymo as an engineer

  • @Waymo

    @Waymo

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's great to hear you want to help us along on our journey! We encourage you to check out our careers page for current openings here: waymo.com/joinus/

  • @user-uy3eq5hg1s
    @user-uy3eq5hg1s4 жыл бұрын

    People say they're nervous about getting into a self-driving car, but willingly step foot into an Uber with a stranger who has emotions, potential agendas, irrational thoughts..

  • @matthewswanson2707

    @matthewswanson2707

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah exactly,you make such a good point. 😀😀😀😀

  • @smb601
    @smb6014 жыл бұрын

    안유정 씨 멋있어요 왜이모 한국 진출 안해요?

  • @user-re5ee1pf9e

    @user-re5ee1pf9e

    3 жыл бұрын

    뭔가 듣기가 커리언 스타일 뤼딩 이죠? 원어민식으로 1.단어에는 강세를 2. 문장엔 리듬을.. 아쉽네요. 하지만 좋아요 부탁드립니다 감사합니다.

  • @junxdesign
    @junxdesign4 жыл бұрын

    I always wonder about human tolerance for driverless cars. With infrastructure support, these driverless cars will crisscross through intersections. Will we ever accept/adopt these conditions? Perhaps front windshield glass should be blacked out. Automotive architecture and HMI should be taken to another level.

  • @junxdesign

    @junxdesign

    4 жыл бұрын

    IRL, I can see kids vandalizing these vehicles, spray painting over these cameras... should these designs be more discreet?

  • @MCO18
    @MCO184 жыл бұрын

    So this could take jobs from truck drivers

  • @Still_A

    @Still_A

    4 жыл бұрын

    Major Kong sadly yes, but companies are thinking of ways of using the drivers beyond driving to a more customer service centred role - acting as concierges answering questions and being a friendly face.

  • @rasmasyean

    @rasmasyean

    3 жыл бұрын

    I doubt they will be jobless if it makes it much cheaper and faster to ship goods 24/7. Then they will become Amazon Prime delivery drivers if they are hell bent on "driving" for a living.

  • @quiettornado1970
    @quiettornado1970 Жыл бұрын

    I think level 4 is good for me otherwise we’re heading for a “terminator” like world.

  • @ChrisBigBad
    @ChrisBigBad4 жыл бұрын

    Fun thing, that safety hides behind honesty. Whatever honesty means...

  • @Ingwine
    @Ingwine4 жыл бұрын

    Only with Chrysler

  • @davidp2471
    @davidp24713 жыл бұрын

    26:18 the driest wow I've ever heard

  • @KorneshKanan
    @KorneshKanan3 жыл бұрын

    That's a shit loads of sensors!

  • @OwenRULESSS
    @OwenRULESSS4 жыл бұрын

    A wild amount of sensors ... with that much data it will be impossible for a human to compete

  • @rmondal1py
    @rmondal1py4 жыл бұрын

    This completely destroys the look of the original car design, at least on the picture. May be the modules could be incorporated as OEM parts, such as mirrors, taillights etc.

  • @NOTORIOUS4545
    @NOTORIOUS45453 жыл бұрын

    This company will go down the hill... open your eyes people

  • @goblin003
    @goblin0034 жыл бұрын

    5 lidars, 29 cameras, 6 radars and massive compute achieves Level 5 autonomy, That's about the same as a one-eyed drunk at the wheel.

  • @tiro0oO5
    @tiro0oO53 жыл бұрын

    Waymo is very impressiv. But the design is ugly. The sensor on the top, ok ... but that „tumors“ above the headlights.... this is not a design choice. But well, you did your best given the conditions. But it should be possible to integrate the sensors into the car ... *cough ... Tesla * cough* ....

  • @KTMCDO
    @KTMCDO4 жыл бұрын

    Release the cars for purchase

  • @jonassteinmann6247

    @jonassteinmann6247

    4 жыл бұрын

    That would be 500.000$ and not work in your neighborhood. This is why Waymo is failing.

  • @jonassteinmann6247

    @jonassteinmann6247

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Mineroboter Waymo has been a business for 11 years now. They are still nowhere near shipping a product that is remotely economically viable. For the most part, they don't have a product at all. Have you riden a Waymo? That's why they are failing

  • @mschribr

    @mschribr

    4 жыл бұрын

    Waymo is valued 100 billion. Not failing at all.

  • @mahalingesh123
    @mahalingesh1234 жыл бұрын

    Waymo looks like very costly hobby, rather than commercial project!

  • @eanerickson8915
    @eanerickson89153 жыл бұрын

    Who is going to use a 60000 car for a taxi service?

  • @Thegrimreaperswrath
    @Thegrimreaperswrath4 жыл бұрын

    I thought it would be more technical on how they are training their AI. What a let down. having powerful hardware means nothing if your software cant take advantage of it.

  • @sarbjotsingh9998

    @sarbjotsingh9998

    4 жыл бұрын

    They are a software company after all. Wouldn't be hard to steal some talent across the hall from deepmind

  • @tiro0oO5

    @tiro0oO5

    3 жыл бұрын

    You can be sure that there ai is top

  • @IgorGabrielan
    @IgorGabrielan4 жыл бұрын

    car.ai

  • @Theadamvok
    @Theadamvok4 жыл бұрын

    this is just waaaaay to much of marketing bullshit. Putting the picture of the stacked up tech on the roof and a striped t-shirt on the right is just hilarious. Wtf?! "A little less conversation, a little more action please"

  • @dirkkruisheer
    @dirkkruisheer4 жыл бұрын

    Painful. Not a word about the fact that this only (moderately) works within specific, thoroughly mapped ("geofenced") areas. Everywhere else the car is about as clueless as any other.

  • 4 жыл бұрын

    Billions of people will be out of work. We also need a solution for that.

  • @brogcooper25

    @brogcooper25

    4 жыл бұрын

    Billions? No.

  • @sarbjotsingh9998

    @sarbjotsingh9998

    4 жыл бұрын

    It won't happen overnight. They have been working on this for a decade. People should pay attention and change jobs.

  • @PrayTellGaming

    @PrayTellGaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    We need a new socioeconomic system. Hopefully the transition is seamless...

  • @matthewswanson2707

    @matthewswanson2707

    4 жыл бұрын

    People are already out of work because of covid .

  • @rasmasyean

    @rasmasyean

    3 жыл бұрын

    No one grows up dreaming about becoming a taxi driver. It's just something you do when you have no other skills. There will be plenty of low skill jobs available after a theoretical driverless revolution. Maybe you can clean the driverless cars and keep them shiny! :D

  • @mabbad7511
    @mabbad75113 жыл бұрын

    Its design looks weird

  • @rasmasyean

    @rasmasyean

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think it looks like something a Stormtrooper would drive. lol

  • @donnamullis3138
    @donnamullis31388 ай бұрын

    No thanks!

  • @JustforFun-cb7bo
    @JustforFun-cb7bo4 жыл бұрын

    Sometimes i get the impression that the only thing you do is praising yourselves. This whole story with waymo is getting tiring for us. It's been more than 5 years with self driving experiments and projects that going nowhere, who's gonna be a damn good company that will actually release a true self driving car we can actually really realistically use? Maybe Tesla? They are lagging behind too. Also don't bother using an ICE car this technology is perfectly possible in EVs only. Damn technology goes at a snail's pace lately. Now if we talk about design, uhh not good really, bulky like a tank not appealing to the eye at all, all these pumps need to disappear.

  • @AndrewSkow1
    @AndrewSkow14 жыл бұрын

    If you're going to make a video in a particular language, why not have a native speaking narrator? She's 100% fluent but the accent is so thick this is just a bad comedy skit that went on 28 minutes too long.

  • @360starcraft

    @360starcraft

    4 жыл бұрын

    She's the head design engineer at Waymo. She knows more about this than probably anyone else.

  • @heungchulkwon1859

    @heungchulkwon1859

    4 жыл бұрын

    ㅡ_ㅡ;

  • @AndrewSkow1

    @AndrewSkow1

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@360starcraft If she were answering questions, then it would be absolutely reasonable. She's reading a script.

  • @hyphenpointhyphen

    @hyphenpointhyphen

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@360starcraft as an engineer, her "our compute" now sounds even more gibberish

  • @rasmasyean

    @rasmasyean

    3 жыл бұрын

    Can't argue with that one. Can't count how many times I was like "what?" and had to rewind. And I'm a roboticist.

  • @charlech
    @charlech4 жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately every player except Tesla is screwed. Billions of $ burned. Better get funded by customers instead of investors.

  • @rasmasyean

    @rasmasyean

    3 жыл бұрын

    The long-haul business may be the first to be profitable. I'm sure they can charge premiums for non-stop delivery.

  • @Chrissssssssssssssssssss
    @Chrissssssssssssssssssss4 жыл бұрын

    *Please give me my 28 minutes back? you have nothing on Tesla!*

  • @knabbagluon

    @knabbagluon

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's just silly. Look at how many sensors Google uses. And not only cameras but lindars and so on. And in ai Google is the best. From chatbot to games like go. Google is basically a ai company. And they already have the license to drive without driver in Arizona. So they have nothing on Tesla? Tesla has no chance at all to ever go autonomous with only cameras if even Google can't do it with so many more sensors. Except you are a blind fanboy. Still I like Tesla but Google has the edge at self driving by far.

  • @artuselias

    @artuselias

    4 жыл бұрын

    I didn't miss anything at 2x speed. Saved 14 min.

  • @charlech

    @charlech

    4 жыл бұрын

    ​@Veritas Vincit Do your research homeboy. Elon was just a major investor at first yes, but had to step in because the founder mismanaged the company. I believe he had no intention at all of taking over to run the show. Plus, Elon has indeed proven that he's the best person to run Tesla. His passion for electric cars is WAY stronger than the original founders.

  • @TeganBurns
    @TeganBurns4 жыл бұрын

    holy boring

  • @r3gr3tfulfly3r5
    @r3gr3tfulfly3r54 жыл бұрын

    Bad: I hate how it looks. Looks like it’s got Down syndrome or cancerous growths on it. I’m not driving that until you fix it. Like: Waymo VIA can transport my goods. So I don’t have to own the truck. But what’s the flat rate charge? Would it be cheaper to buy my own trucks vs you? Is your vehicles all electric? What’s the range? Did you fix the Tesla cold weather battery dead issue? Can it drive cost to cost? Video proving this? If you’re going to use the most expensive cars on the market to attach your crap to it why bother? How’s a layman going to afford this? What features does it come with? Is it able to be activated by text if I own one saying hey pick up the kids from school? Or text it pick up groceries from the store and have a person who loads it load it up? Can I text it hey pick me up from this location and then drive me home or to a movie theater? Can it self charge itself at a self charging station when low on battery power? Know where the self charging station is? Know how far it can travel before it needs to Charge? Can it send me text needs to go to a repair shop flat tire, or needs to go to a repair shop It needs new oil, or tire shop change tires? Can I text the car take yourself and drive back when done? If you’re selling the car of the future why not have it play the part if it’s going to act like my butler and drive me around. Does it have a small flat screen behind the drivers seat or shotgun seat so I can watch the news? Does it have its own built in private and secure WiFi? With GPS so I can physically see how much longer? Those are just some of my questions and concerns. Address those properly and I’ll actually be interested. As of right now I’m more interested in Ford or Tesla.

  • @360starcraft

    @360starcraft

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think you're missing the point with a lot of these questions. Most of these are simple quality of life things that have already been proven by other companies. These features could easily be added, but Waymo is far more interested in handling the major challenges first. Being that they are the first in the industry to create self-driving cars, they can charge a reasonable markup and still have interest, so all of your financial questions are irrelevant. You have to understand that Waymo's goal right now is to create a SAFE car that is capable of transporting people from point a to point b. The rest of this is a deal for after they've sorted that out.

  • @1cOr1e
    @1cOr1e Жыл бұрын

    Racing formula kzread.info/head/PLo3PpLLaFhynmkBpXyHtd0A14ezkEyE3_

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