プラチナ ロボティクス · 2021
The Fifth-Generation Waymo Driver 自動運転システム
by YooJung Ahn
- A' Design Award プラチナ賞 2021 in ロボティクス
- 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 自動運転システム
第5世代Waymo Driverは、車両向けの自動運転システムである。本システムは乗用車からトラックまで複数の車両プラットフォームに適用でき、ライドヘイリング、トラック輸送、ローカル配送、個人所有車での利用に対応する。ハードウェアスイートには、ライダー(LiDAR)、カメラ、レーダーという3つのセンシング技術が統合されている。360度ライダー上を動くLEDは個人識別用のシンボルを表示し、乗客は自分の配車車両をひと目で認識できる。センサー類は車両と一体化して見えるように配置されている。このデザインは、人とモノの輸送をより安全かつ容易にすることを目指している。
About the A' Design Award プラチナ賞
The Fifth-Generation Waymo Driver 自動運転システムは、真に卓越し、エレガントで壮麗なデザインに授与される、きわめて権威ある評価である A' Design Award プラチナ賞の受賞作品です。プラチナ賞の受賞作品は、創造の驚異であり、知的創造性の限界を示す証であり、デザイナーの比類なきプロフェッショナリズムと天才性を示しています。これらのデザインは、時代の美学を定義し、社会の幸福に貢献し、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術の境界を前進させる、最も名高い作品であることが期待されます。The Fifth-Generation Waymo Driver 自動運転システムは、超越的な卓越性の水準を示し、有益で価値ある特性によって、疑いなく世界をより良い場所にします。The Fifth-Generation Waymo Driver 自動運転システムは、欲求を呼び覚まし、インスピレーションを与え、胸を躍らせ、喜ばせ、大きな喜びを生み出す、A' Design Award プラチナ賞受賞作品です。
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.
