Kwangexesha elide, i-subsidiary ye-Waymo, nangona yayiyinkampani enye kunye ne-Google corporation, ayikwazanga ukwenza isigqibo malunga nesicelo sorhwebo sophuhliso lwalo kwintsimi yothutho lomhlaba olawulwa ngokuzenzekelayo. Ngoku intsebenziswano kunye nenkxalabo ye-Fiat Chrysler ifikelele kubungakanani obukhulu: amakhulu aliqela axhotyiselwe ngokukodwa iiminivans zeChrysler Pacifica ezixutyiweyo sele zivelisiwe, ezizama ukwenza uthutho lwabakhweli kwiphondo laseArizona. Kwixesha elizayo, i-Waymo ifuna ukunyusa inqanawa yezo "iteksi ezizenzekelayo" ukuya kumashumi amawaka eemoto, kodwa kwangaxeshanye ibhengeze ukwakhiwa komgca wayo wemveliso eDetroit ngenkxaso yamaqabane amashishini, aya kuba nako. ukudibanisa "iimoto zerobhothi" zesine, inqanaba eliphambili lokuzimela.
Inkonzo yeteksi ye-Waymo One yaqala imisebenzi yorhwebo e-Arizona kwimodi elinganiselweyo ukusukela ngoDisemba wonyaka ophelileyo. I-mileage epheleleyo yeeprototypes kunye ne-minivans yokuvelisa ifikelele kwi-16 yezigidi zeekhilomitha kwiindlela zoluntu kwiidolophu ze-25 zase-US. Inkampani yaba ngowokuqala ukwenza isigqibo sokungabeki abaqhubi bovavanyo emva kwevili leeprototypes zayo, abanokuphazamisa inkqubo yokuqhuba imoto kwiimeko ezinzima. Nangona kunjalo, emva kwezehlo ezithile zendlela, uWaymo wakhetha ukubeka iingcali ze-inshurensi ngasemva kweeprototypes zayo.
Ngokubanzi, kwi-Waymo, ukugxila kwintsebenziswano kunye nabenzi be-automakers abakhoyo bekusoloko kuyinto ephambili, kuba sele isebenzisana ne-Fiat Chrysler kunye ne-Jaguar Land Rover, kwaye ikwathethathethwano kunye nabanye abaninzi abenzi beemoto. Yayiyintsebenziswano kunye nophawu lweJaguar oluvumela uWaymo ukuba enze iimoto zombane ezilawulwa ngokuzenzekelayo kwiJaguar i-Pace chassis.
Kwinkomfa yekota yakutshanje, abameli abavela kumzali ophethe i-Alphabet bachaza ukuba i-Waymo igxile kwinkonzo yokwabelana ngezithuthi ezizenzekelayo, kodwa iiprojekthi zayo azikhawulelwanga kule nto. Inkampani inomdla kwiimarike zeenkonzo zezothutho, kubandakanya ukuthuthwa kwempahla ekude, kunye necandelo lokuthuthwa kwabahambi bakamasipala kwizixeko ezikhulu.
Ngo-Matshi walo nyaka, i-Waymo ibhengeze ukuba iya kuvumela iinkampani zenkampani yesithathu ukuba zisebenzise i-radar ye-optical eyaphuhliswayo (ebizwa ngokuba yi "lidar") kwintengiso. Kulindeleke ukuba abaphuhlisi berobhothi kunye neenkqubo zokhuseleko baya kuba ngabokuqala ukuyamkela. Kwixesha elizayo, lonke uphuhliso lweWaymo kwintsimi ye-autopilot iya kukwazi ukufumana isicelo kwezolimo okanye kwiindawo zokugcina iimpahla.
Qaphela ukuba kwisiganeko samva nje ngesihloko esifanayo, umsunguli weTesla u-Elon Musk wayigxeka kabukhali ingcamango yokusebenzisa "iilidi" kwintsimi ye-automation yezithuthi. Wavuma ukuba yena ngokwakhe uqalise ukusetyenziswa kwe-"lidar" yinkampani ye-aerospace i-SpaceX, elawulayo, ukulawula inkqubo yokumisa i-spacecraft kwisithuba, kodwa uthatha ukusetyenziswa kolu hlobo lwezinzwa kwiimoto ngokungeyomfuneko. Ukuba abakhuphisana nabo kufuneka benze "i-lidars," kufuneka babenze basebenze kwindawo engabonakaliyo ye-spectrum. Ngokutsho kukaMusk, ukudibanisa kweekhamera kunye neeradar eziqhelekileyo zisombulula ngokugqibeleleyo ingxaki yokuqhelanisa "imoto yerobhothi" kwindawo. I-Lidars ayinamsebenzi nje kuphela, kodwa ixabisa abavelisi, uMusk ukholelwa.
umthombo: 3dnews.ru