Tesla's cost of making the entire Cybercab will roughly equal Waymo's cost for installing lidar sensors on its robotaxis, ...

Localization is necessary for cars with Level 2 and 3 hands-free systems to determine where they are on a particular road, ...

Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet, leads the charge in the US, operating a fleet of several hundred sophisticated vehicles ...

The company said 300,000 people in the second-largest U.S. city have been waiting to use its robotic ridehail service – twice ...

They have designed the vehicle to withstand the loss of most components, including the failure of sensors like the main LIDAR. In addition, Waymo regularly drives in construction zones and other ...

In cities across the United States, robotaxis, championed by companies like Waymo and Cruise, are a marvel of modern technology and a flashpoint for debate over their place in urban transit.

I have a confession to make. After taking a handful of autonomous taxi rides, I have gone from a hater to a friend of robot cars in just a few weeks, says Annalee Newitz ...

as well as roof-mounted LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) sensors that generate real-time, 360-degree, 3D views and provide depth perception. The array of sensors give the Waymo Driver system ...