Waymo's Self-Driving Car Sees the World with Superhuman Perception

Waymo's self-driving car boasts a superhuman perception system that combines lidar, cameras, and radar data to accurately detect and characterize objects, interpret nuances, infer occluded areas, and recognize its own limitations, enabling safe autonomous driving.

• The Waymo Driver has a sophisticated perception system with custom sensors and software to understand its surroundings.
• It uses sensor fusion to combine data from lidar, cameras, and radar for accurate detection and characterization of objects.
• The perception system can interpret nuances, make inferences about occluded areas, and recognize its own limitations for safe driving.