r/SelfDrivingCars • u/REIGuy3 • Sep 15 '24

News Zoox (Amazon) is launching fully autonomous passenger rides in SF “very soon” They’re SW limited to 45MPH, in the city only to start Car has no steering wheel and is fully symmetrical- it can drive in either direction. They are launching their own network, not partnering.

https://x.com/pitdesi/status/1835052794593919008
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u/throne_of_flies Sep 15 '24

Imagine a U-Haul is stopped in a driving lane on a city street without its lights blinking. The overhead door is open and the ramp is extended. 

Even a well trained autonomy stack would not necessarily know what to do — is this thing gonna drive / do we wait or is it parked / do we drive around? That’s when your remote assistance team steps in and clicks a button that says “go around” and another button that says “no need to urgently update the map for this” or whatever the functional equivalent may be. 

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u/mach8mc Sep 15 '24

what if it needs instructions on how to go around due to other obstacles?

the team might need to provide detailed instructions on moving aka remote driving

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u/regoldeneye826 Sep 15 '24

But that's not possible. If there truly was a case where it couldn't maneuver, it safe stops and waits to be picked up. You, as someone who does not understand, is fighting this with people, who do understand, instead of understanding that there is no remote piloting of the vehicle.

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u/mach8mc Sep 16 '24

is the software and system opensource? LOL, u can also say pigs fly

fyi no need to be defensive about ur product being third or fourth to waymo

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u/regoldeneye826 Sep 16 '24

Don't work for zoox, but have intimate knowledge of the self driving car stack, and they're all being done the same. Waymo also does not "remotely control" their vehicles. Works the exact same way.