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Waymo – Avoiding a Falling Skateboarder

by smy20011 on 12/17/24, 3:46 PM with 13 comments

• by zvolsky on 12/29/24, 10:09 PM

  Impressive feat by Waymo, though it could have been 100-200ms faster had it noticed not only the change in trajectory, but also the jerky motion that destabilized the scooter.

  For a truly superhuman performance, it might even register the brick and anticipate the scooter's accident.

• by SirMaster on 12/17/24, 4:02 PM

  But what would the car choose if there was no room to the left? Would it choose to hit a car next to it, or hit the person?

  I'm curious how no-win scenarios are programmed into it and decided.

  I'll admit I have not done any research into this and I am sure I could.

• by lm28469 on 12/17/24, 4:02 PM

  Cutting edge technology solves a problem that shouldn't even exist in the first place episode 376: bicycle infrastructure edition

  PS: it's an rental e-scooter, not a skateboard, another product of our piss poor infrastructure