Would you travel in a robotaxi? 🤖🚕 Recently while on vacation, my family used Waymo's robotaxi service. The Waymo app was user-friendly, the in-cabin experience was comfortable and the Autonomous vehicle driving experience was better than most humans including handling turns, stop signs, street lights 🚦 & pedestrians 🚶♂️. We were all in awe. It's clear why Tesla and others (including until recently Apple?) are betting on AVs. But the tech isn't perfect yet. While driver-assist features are common to most new cars today, we're not yet at fully autonomous, driverless travel including on highways and variable weather (for example Canadian winter). But if the #AI revolution has taught us anything, someone is going to crack the code for driverless technology and mobility will never be the same thereafter. Until then, I am cheering on the creative minds hard at work designing the sensors, software and algorithms to bring this technology safely to the masses. 🥂 #autonomousvehicles #futureofmobility #driverless #electricvehicles
My answer is yes. Before it's allowed on the road, I take that the technology would need to pass a road test to the level of a G lisence. Also, there's the potential that it could be more aware and make better decisions than a human driver.
Paul Elliott
2mo
The word “brave” still comes to my mind when I read posts like yours, Daniel. Not sure if/when I’ll have the chance to try/trust the technology, but I’ll let you know how it goes.
Hui Zhao
2mo
how was your feeling in the car?
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Sr. Aerospace Systems Design & Integration Specialist - SATCOM at Honeywell Aerospace
2moI’m still a little skeptical, it’s impressive how far they have come but I can’t see how they can handle every situation a driver would face. Flight control systems are also becoming more and more autonomous but if there is a failure they are helpless.