Those people and things about Google autopilot

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Google is a great and ambitious company. The successes and failures of projects have been made. From the start of 2009 on autopilot projects to the time it takes for the allocation of people to go, it is unclear what the problems are. We want to go through some logical discussions. -

The personnel changes in this project of Google

What does Google get from Autonomous vehicle?

How will Google do this business in the future?


| Google changes

The fade-out of Sebastian Thrun and the first wave of the team, and more of the entire project began to shift from research to engineering, and the work of Chris Urmson later brought the project of Google autonomous ehicle to the front desk.

Interested can look at the team composition .

Anthony Levandowski, an engineer and a team of engineers came out and it was interesting to do Otto, on the one hand, the problem of directional choice, the second is also thinking about the difference between passenger car autopilot and commercial vehicles, is a commercial vehicle faster Some passenger cars that are related to the safety of ordinary people are faster.

Chris Urmson's symbolism is too great, especially to see clearly Google's differences in the entire project , the CEO of the car company, Urmson, who has been committed to the auto driving business, and Google's boss, the direction of the three projects on the entire project. On the game.

The iron-plated soldiers in the camps and the stable career are in no position to play. But considering the current state of development in autopilot, there are several considerations:

Google's pace for the future is not to make everyone agree.


The investment needs of capital for autonomous driving systems have prompted this division to begin to differentiate.

| Google’s gains and losses

Google's reputation in the hardware business and its software are still very different. Let’s take a look at Google’s gains and losses on Autonomous vehicles.

Google takes the leading edge in advancing the entire Autonomous vehicle

Google = "Map Acquisition Vehicle =" Accumulated Real Map Acquisition Gained a lot of map data

Google has accumulated a lot of test data

Google has accumulated a large number of software engineers

Google consumes some money and cannot see a return in the short term

Google has adopted a L3/L4 system architecture based on DARPA

At least for now, this cause will not be a loss.

Remarks: In principle, the following auto-piloted vehicles are really divided into those requiring human intervention and not requiring any human intervention. Therefore, in the auto-piloting road test at the L3 or higher level, these are considered to be meaningful.

| The Future of Google Driverless Projects

In fact, the context of this matter, we look again:

Previous planning

From this figure, we can also see the characteristics of what the Google Car team did before.

Maintain strong independence

Tested RX450h SUV actually does not need car companies to intervene

The Prototype vehicle was built directly by a group of small partners.

Full use of data collection, testing, and software company features

Step by step, rapid iteration

Through practical work and exploration, it avoids the traditional perception of the original car companies.

Use the experience of the previous game for reference to optimize

The problem here is certainly more obvious:

Obvious and traditional automotive OEMs have a huge cognitive gap

In simple terms, it is considered that the work and awareness of car companies in autopilot is less important

In road safety management, there is also a difference in knowledge about the vehicle's self-driving QRD, and there is a different understanding of the safety of the entire system.

Different maturity and commercial perception of the entire autopilot system

John Krafcik

The gentleman came from the Previous Position: President and CEO, Hyundai Motor America, and its style looks from below -

The Google autonomous test fleet would be more than doubled with the addition of 100 new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans, with the companies aiming to have some on the road by the end of this year.


The collaboration with FCA marks the first time that google has worked directly with an automaker to build self-driving vehicles.


FCA will design the minivans so it's easy for us to install our self-driving systems, including the computers that hold our self-driving software, and the sensors that enable our software to see what's on the road around the vehicle,"

Simply put, after leading the recognition and investment of auto companies in this autonomous vehicle industry, Google merged with auto companies. After becoming a pioneer, it began to further cooperate with auto companies:

Changed from production to production in the beginning of design and manufacture

The entire process is negotiated and discussed by Google and OEM engineers

The good one is: Considering two aspects more deeply


What is debatable is that the entire rhythm cannot be at least according to the original rhythm. The development and demonstration of car enterprises and verification methods are at least the same.


The bad thing is that cognitive conflicts have begun to increase with the impact of the original developers.

Internet companies and car companies communicate, just like Car play and google auto. After all, they cannot follow their own temperament.

In the end, it is related to consumers. The former has a larger impact factor.


Basic driving related, car prices more power


Autopilot system? I don't know who’s right to speak at this time and it’s not clear

We can understand Urmson's departure, but also understand that important software engineers leave. Then there will be more engineers to accept the challenge. This only shows that change is always present. Whether it is the engineers of the Internet or the engineers we make as cars, the only thing that remains unchanged is that the technology is bringing with it new changes, leading to changes in the preferences of consumers and also stimulating changes in the system.

PS: There are a lot of Chinese companies in California, and Baidu LeTV is waiting for a delivery. SAIC and BAIC are also there.

Summary: Say a lot, this week will focus on these really running cars to look at their situation to explore the same and different things.

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