This paper examines the safety performance of the Waymo Driver, an SAE level 4 automated driving system (ADS) used in a rider-only (RO) ride-hailing application without a human driver, either in the …

Mar 4, 2021 · The folks behind these levels of autonomy, SAE International, are comfortable calling vehicles with both Level 4 and Level 5 autonomy “fully autonomous,” but from a robotics perspective, …

The safety framework, refined over 10+ years of on-road operations and presented to the external world for the first time in Webb et al. (2020), has enabled Waymo’s industry-leading advancements in the …

To that end, in this paper we first describe the safety test objectives for the CAT methodology, including the collision and serious injury metrics and the reference behavior model representing a non …

SAE Level 4 Automated Driving Systems (ADSs) are deployed on public roads, including Waymo’s Rider-Only (RO) ride-hailing service (without a driver behind the steering wheel).

For all the test runs, including those run to specification and those with modifications, the Waymo Driver was able to avoid collisions which would have resulted in the highest rating for this evaluation.

With fully automated driving systems (ADS; SAE level 4) ride-hailing services expanding in the US, we are now approaching an inflection point, where the process of retrospectively evaluating ADS safety …

Waymo's safety methodologies, which draw on well established engineering processes and address new safety challenges specific to Automated Vehicle technology, provide a firm foundation for safe …

May 2, 2021 · The SAE Levels of Driving Automation™ continues to inform the evolution of driving automation. The latest update to the SAE J3016™ Recommended Practice was announced today …

Daimler Trucks and Waymo have signed a broad, global, strategic partnership to deploy autonomous SAE L4 technology.