Robots · Autonomous vehicle
Waymo Driver
An autonomous driving system operating a public robotaxi service in selected cities.
- Maker
- Waymo
- Country
- United States
- Category
- Autonomous vehicle
- Status
- Commercial service in select cities
- Mobility
- Drives a passenger vehicle on public roads
- Autonomy
- Fully autonomous within geofenced operating areas
- Actuators
- Vehicle steering, throttle, and braking control
- Onboard compute
- Onboard high-performance autonomy compute
- AI models
- Perception, prediction, and planning models for urban driving
- Perception
- 360-degree multi-sensor fusion for road scenes
- Control
- Full self-driving planning and vehicle control
Sensors
LiDARRadarCamera suite
Use cases
- Robotaxi rides
- Urban autonomous mobility
Limitations
- Operates only within mapped, geofenced areas
- Performance varies with weather and rare events