Waymo “L4” “Fully Autonomous” Vehicle Hits Scooter Driver
Waymo apparently hit a scooter driver.
The Twitter thread — https://twitter.com/tsimonite/status/1405328787533754375?s=20
Wow . . . right after $2.5B in new funding? (Which is maybe 2 years of funding and only slightly delays the self-inflicted bankruptcy.
What needs to be known here is the exact sensors being used. Many use poor fidelity radar that cannot discern stationary/crossing objects. Few have FMCW radar that can do same. Waymo only says their LiDAR can identify objects.
Waymo posting on sensors — https://blog.waymo.com/2020/03/introducing-5th-generation-waymo-driver.html
Apparently, this was one of the 90% or so systems that still uses a “safety driver”. What happened there? (Update-it is being reported that the “safety driver” had just switched to manual prior to making the left turn at an intersection.) But where was AEB?
This is why we need laws that mandate the release of tested scenarios, all disengagements and conduct a “driver’s test”.
More in my articles below. Including how to fix of this:
Waymo and Tesla are nowhere near L4. Think anyone else is?
· https://imispgh.medium.com/waymo-and-tesla-are-nowhere-near-l4-think-anyone-else-is-67b1c545e0ee
A new video, statement from a Waymo former Chief Safety Officer and a Mass Exodus show L4 is nowhere close
Autonomous Vehicle Industry’s Self-Inflicted and Avoidable Collapse — Ongoing Update
Autonomous Vehicle Industry’s Self-Inflicted and Avoidable Collapse — Ongoing Update
The Autonomous Vehicle Industry can be Saved by doing the Opposite of what is being done now
SAE Autonomous Vehicle Engineering Magazine — Simulation’s Next Generation (featuring Dactle)
· https://www.sae.org/news/2020/08/new-gen-av-simulation
My name is Michael DeKort — I am a former system engineer, engineering, and program manager for Lockheed Martin. I worked in Aerospace/DoD/FAA simulation, as the Software Engineering Manager for all of NORAD, as a PM on the Aegis Weapon System, as a C4ISR systems engineer for the DHS Deepwater program and the lead C4ISR engineer for the Counter-terrorism team at the US State Department. I am now CEO/CTO at Dactle.
Industry Participation — Air and Ground
- Founder SAE On-Road Autonomous Driving Simulation Task Force
- Member SAE ORAD Verification and Validation Task Force
- Member UNECE WP.29 SG2 Virtual Testing
- Stakeholder USDOT VOICES (Virtual Open Innovation Collaborative Environment for Safety)
- Member SAE G-34 / EUROCAE WG-114 Artificial Intelligence in Aviation
- Member CIVATAglobal — Civic Air Transport Association
- Stakeholder for UL4600 — Creating AV Safety Guidelines
- Member of the IEEE Artificial Intelligence & Autonomous Systems Policy Committee
- Presented the IEEE Barus Ethics Award for Post 9/11 DoD/DHS Whistleblowing Efforts
My company is Dactle
We are building an aerospace/DoD/FAA level D, full L4/5 simulation-based testing and AI system with an end-state scenario matrix to address several of the critical issues in the AV/OEM industry I mentioned in my articles below. This includes replacing 99.9% of public shadow and safety driving. As well as dealing with significant real-time, model fidelity and loading/scaling issues caused by using gaming engines and other architectures. (Issues Unity will confirm. We are now working together. We are also working with UAV companies). If not remedied these issues will lead to false confidence and performance differences between what the Plan believes will happen and what actually happens. If someone would like to see a demo or discuss this further please let me know.
