The Fifth-Generation Waymo Driver Autonomt kjøresystem by YooJung Ahn

The Fifth-Generation Waymo Driver Autonomt kjøresystem by YooJung Ahn is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award i Platina in Robotikk, automat og automasjonsdesign Competition Category.

PlatinaRobotikk· 2021

The Fifth-Generation Waymo Driver Autonomt kjøresystem

by YooJung Ahn

Client: Waymo

A' Design Award i Platina Winner in Robotikk Category

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The Design

About The Fifth-Generation Waymo Driver Autonomt kjøresystem

Femte generasjons Waymo Driver er et autonomt kjøresystem for kjøretøy. Systemet kan brukes på flere kjøretøyplattformer, fra biler til lastebiler, og støtter bestillingstransport, godstransport, lokal varelevering og privat bileierskap. Tre sensorteknologier er kombinert i maskinvarepakken: lidar, kameraer og radar. Bevegelige LED-lys på 360-graders lidaren viser et personlig identifikasjonssymbol, slik at passasjerer kan kjenne igjen kjøretøyet sitt. Sensorene er plassert slik at de fremstår sømløse på kjøretøyet. Designet har som mål å gjøre transport tryggere og enklere for mennesker og gods.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Platina

The Fifth-Generation Waymo Driver Autonomt kjøresystem er vinner av A' Design Award i Platina, en ekstremt prestisjefylt anerkjennelse som tildeles virkelig eksepsjonelle, elegante og praktfulle design. Platinavinnere er skaperverk av ypperste klasse, vitnesbyrd om grensene for intellektuell kreativitet, og viser designernes uovertrufne profesjonalitet og genialitet. Slike design forventes å være de mest anerkjente verkene som definerer estetikken i en epoke, bidrar til samfunnets velvære og flytter grensene for kunst, vitenskap, design og teknologi. The Fifth-Generation Waymo Driver Autonomt kjøresystem viser et transcendent nivå av fortreffelighet og gjør uten tvil verden til et bedre sted med sine fordelaktige og verdifulle egenskaper. The Fifth-Generation Waymo Driver Autonomt kjøresystem er et verk som har vunnet A' Design Award i Platina, og som vekker begjær, inspirerer, begeistrer, gleder og gir stor fryd.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

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.
Team Members: YooJung Ahn
Josh Newby
Jared Gross
Jerry Chen
Alexandre Girard
Zhaokun Wang
Yi-Hui Bruce-Wen
Tom Southworth
Albert Shane