Waymo is a leading developer of autonomous driving technology, with public robotaxi services up and running in Phoenix and San Francisco.
Waymo starts fully driverless robotaxi rides in downtown Phoenix
Waymo began giving fully autonomous rides with no safety drivers to members of its trusted tester program in downtown Phoenix.
Watch Waymo avoid a truck running a red light
Watch a Waymo robotaxi with no safety drivers inside the vehicle safely react to a truck blowing through a red light in Phoenix.
Waymo begins fully driverless robotaxi rides in SF
Waymo also has plans to expand its fully driverless robotaxi service to downtown Phoenix in the coming months.
Cruise, Waymo can now charge for SF robotaxi rides
The permits require both companies to have a safety driver present in the vehicles at all times, however.
How Waymo adjusted its driver for autonomous trucking
Part of what makes Waymo’s system successful is its millions of miles of real world and simulated driving experience.
Nuro, Waymo bring autonomous deliveries to California
Today, Nuro announced it will be delivering with 7-Eleven in Mountain View, California, and Waymo announced its grocery delivery service will launch in 2022.
Waymo Via autonomous trucks making deliveries for UPS
The trucks are driving autonomously on highways between Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston. A human takes control once a truck exits the highway.
How Waymo’s self-driving cars handle fog in SF
Waymo’s robotaxis face unique challenges driving in San Francisco, where there’s a one in three chance of fog every day.
Waymo begins mapping NYC to improve autonomous driving tech
Waymo’s vehicles will be driven manually at all times. The goal is to improve its autonomous driving technology. Waymo said “we don’t have any immediate plans to launch [a robotaxi service] in New York City.”
How Waymo handles autonomous driving in SF
From cyclists riding against the flow of traffic to nudging over to let another car pass on a narrow street, watch a handful of typical events Waymo’s autonomous vehicles deal with in San Francisco.
Why Waymo’s cars keep hitting same SF dead-end street
According to Waymo, it has nothing to do with its autonomous driving technology being confused, a mapping issue, or a maneuver it’s trying to perfect.
Cruise, Waymo OK’d for public robotaxi rides in California
The approval from the California DMV does, however, come with major caveats.
RightHand’s Yaro Tenzer on robotic piece-picking; Waymo’s SF expansion
In this weeks episode, Steve and Mike discuss the expansion of Waymo service into SF, the recent Locus Robotics milestone – and Steve interviews RightHand Robotics CEO, Yaro Tenzer.
Waymo to stop selling LiDAR sensors
“We’re winding down our commercial LiDAR business as we maintain our focus on developing and deploying our Waymo Driver across our Waymo One (ride-hailing) and Waymo Via (delivery) units.”
Waymo giving select passengers robotaxi rides in SF
The all-electric Jaguar I-PACE vehicles are equipped with Waymo’s fifth-generation autonomous driving system. All rides will include a human safety driver.
Waymo expanding to Pittsburgh
Waymo is opening an office in Pittsburgh, joining a group of competitors already well established in the Steel City.
Waymo SimulationCity is a powerful tool for testing autonomous driving
Waymo provides a glimpse at its SimulationCity software environment that it uses to test and validate driving algorithms.
Waymo raises $2.5B for autonomous vehicle development
This is the second funding round for Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet, the parent company of Google. In 2020, Waymo raised $3 billion.
Waymo One now lets you book rides via Google Maps
Waymo One ride hailing service is now visible as an ride-hailing service option to Google Maps users searching for directions within the Phoenix AZ, Waymo service area.
Passenger of confused Waymo robotaxi discusses what went wrong
Joel Johnson, the passenger in the Waymo robotaxi that was confused multiple times by construction cones, discusses what went wrong.
Confused Waymo robotaxi shows challenges of scaling AVs
Watch a Waymo One robotaxi in Chandler, Ariz. gets confused multiple times by traffic cones – and evade human assistance.