Platina Robotika · 2021
The Fifth-Generation Waymo Driver Autonoom Rydsysteem
by YooJung Ahn
- A' Design Award yn Platina 2021 in Robotika
- CLIENT: Waymo
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 1,054,347
- Verification code 2FB174F8B6 · Verify this award
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About The Fifth-Generation Waymo Driver Autonoom Rydsysteem
De Fyfde-Generaasje Waymo Driver is in autonoom rydsysteem foar auto's. It systeem kin tapast wurde op meardere fartúchplatfoarms, fan auto's oant frachtweinen, en stipet ride-hailing, frachtferfier, lokale besoarging en persoanlik autobesit. Trije sensortechnologyen binne kombinearre yn de hardware-suite: lidar, kamera's en radar. Bewegende LED's op de 360-graden lidar drage in persoanlik identifikaasjesymboal, sadat passazjiers har fartúch werkenne kinne. De sensoaren binne sa pleatst dat se naadloos oergean yn it fartúch. It ûntwerp hat as doel it ferfier fan minsken en guod feiliger en makliker te meitsjen.
About the A' Design Award yn Platina
The Fifth-Generation Waymo Driver Autonoom Rydsysteem is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Platina, in ekstreem prestisjeuze erkenning foar wier útsûnderlike, elegante en prachtige ûntwerpen. Platina-winners binne wûnders fan skepping, tsjûgenissen fan de grinzen fan yntellektuele kreativiteit, en litte it ûnevenaardige profesjonalisme en sjeny fan har ûntwerpers sjen. Fan dizze ûntwerpen wurdt ferwachte dat se de meast ferneamde wurken binne dy't de estetyk fan in tiidrek bepale, bydrage oan it wolwêzen fan de maatskippij en de grinzen fan keunst, wittenskip, ûntwerp en technology ferlegge. The Fifth-Generation Waymo Driver Autonoom Rydsysteem lit in transsendint nivo fan treflikens sjen en makket de wrâld sûnder mis ta in bettere plak mei syn foardielige en weardefolle skaaimerken. The Fifth-Generation Waymo Driver Autonoom Rydsysteem is in winnend wurk fan de A' Design Award yn Platina dat winsken wekker makket, ynspirearret, entûsjasmearret, behaachet en grutte freugde opwekket.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Waymo’s technology, called the Waymo Driver, has the potential to save millions of lives and improve mobility for people and things. The fifth-generation Waymo Driver can be applied to multiple vehicle platforms, from cars to trucks, and power use cases across ride-hailing, trucking, local delivery, and personal car ownership. The latest system is more powerful than ever before and designed for scale, enabling safer and easier transportation for both people and goods.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Waymo Driver and vehicle max dimensions for the I-PACE platform*:
Width: 2130mm
Length: 4863mm
Height: 2041mm
*Please note these are dimensions for the I-PACE platform as an example. Measurements will vary depending on which vehicle platform the Waymo Driver is being applied to. - Tags
- Mobility, self-driving, safety, AI, cars, trucks, vehicles, autonomous vehicles, ride-hailing, delivery
- Production Technology
- Materials: A diverse selection of materials like plastic, composites, glass, and metal
- Design Challenge
- The creative challenge is ensuring the design of the high-tech Waymo Driver remains human-centered. Our designers are tasked with packaging advanced technologies into a design that optimizes performance but also feels approachable to users. For example, we carefully curate the placement of our sensors and other technology on our cars and trucks to maximize safety and performance, while still making them look seamless on the vehicle.
- Inspiration
- Traffic crashes cause 1.35 million deaths each year, and 94% of traffic crashes in the U.S. are caused by human error. While humans are susceptible to dangerous variables, the Waymo Driver doesn't get tired or angry, distracted, or drunk. The Waymo Driver’s latest hardware suite includes new, leading technologies that can be applied to everything from passenger vehicles to long-haul trucks, taking tangible steps to make our roads dramatically safer.
- Project Duration
- Mountain View, CA
- Operation Flow
- The Waymo Driver’s latest hardware suite includes three sensing technologies—lidar, cameras, and radar. Our team designs these technologies to make them feel approachable to users, while still prioritizing safety and performance. For example, we added moving LEDs to our 360 lidar, so that it can include both Waymo branding and a personal identification symbol that acts as a mechanism for customers to identify which vehicle is theirs.
- Patents
- US Patent Appl. Nos. 29/689,690; 29/722,227; 29/724,655; 29/725,082; 29/724,585; and 29/724,589. Chinese Patent App. No. CN201930599257.7. European Community Design App. No. ECD007141866.
