Isikhathi eside, inkampani engaphansi kwe-Waymo, ngisho nalapho bekuyibhizinisi elilodwa ne-Google corporation, ayikwazanga ukunquma ngokusetshenziswa kwezentengiselwano kwentuthuko yayo emkhakheni wezokuthutha ezilawulwa ngokuzenzakalelayo. Manje ubudlelwano nokukhathazeka kwe-Fiat Chrysler sekufinyelele ezingeni elibucayi: amakhulu amaningana ahlonyiswe ngokukhethekile ama-Chrysler Pacifica minivans ayi-hybrid minivan asekhiqiziwe, aqhuba ngokokuhlola ukuthutha abagibeli esifundazweni sase-Arizona. Ngokuzayo, u-Waymo ufuna ukwandisa umkhumbi wa "amatekisi azenzakalelayo" anjalo amashumi ezinkulungwane zezimoto, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo umemezele ukwakhiwa komugqa wawo wokukhiqiza eDetroit ngokusekelwa ngabalingani bezimboni, abazokwazi. ukuhlanganisa "izimoto zamarobhothi" zezinga lesine, eliphambili lokuzimela.
Isevisi yamatekisi ezenzakalelayo ye-Waymo One iqale ukusebenza kwezentengiso e-Arizona ngemodi elinganiselwe kusukela ngoDisemba wonyaka odlule. Ibanga eliphelele lama-prototypes namaveni amancane okukhiqiza selifinyelele kumakhilomitha ayizigidi eziyi-16 emigwaqweni yomphakathi emadolobheni angama-25 ase-US. Le nkampani yaba ngeyokuqala ukuthatha isinqumo sokungabeki abashayeli bokuhlola ngemuva kwesondo lama-prototypes ayo, abangaphazamisa inqubo yokushayela imoto ezimeni ezibucayi. Kodwa-ke, ngemuva kwezigameko ezithile zomgwaqo, u-Waymo wakhetha ukubeka ochwepheshe bomshuwalense ngemuva kwesondo lezibonelo zayo.
Ngokuvamile, ku-Waymo, ukugxila ekusebenzisaneni nabakhi bezimoto abakhona bekulokhu kuyinto ehamba phambili, njengoba isivele isebenzisana ne-Fiat Chrysler ne-Jaguar Land Rover, futhi isezingxoxweni nabanye abakhiqizi bezimoto abaningi. Kwaba ukusebenzisana nohlobo lwe-Jaguar okwavumela i-Waymo ukuthi idale izimoto zikagesi ezilawulwa ngokuzenzakalelayo ku-chassis ye-Jaguar i-Pace.
Engqungqutheleni yakamuva yekota, abameleli abavela kubazali abaphethe i-Alphabet bachaze ukuthi u-Waymo ugxile enkonzweni yokwabelana ngezimoto ezizenzakalelayo, kodwa amaphrojekthi akhe awagcini kulokhu. Le nkampani inentshisekelo emakethe yezinsizakalo ze-logistics, kufaka phakathi ezokuthutha ezihamba ibanga elide, kanye nengxenye yezokuthutha zabagibeli bakamasipala emadolobheni amakhulu.
NgoMashi walo nyaka, i-Waymo yamemezela ukuthi izovumela izinkampani zezinkampani zangaphandle ukuthi zisebenzise i-radar optical eyakhiwe (ebizwa ngokuthi “lidar”) ngokwezentengiselwano. Kulindeleke ukuthi abathuthukisi bamarobhothi nezinhlelo zokuphepha kube ngabokuqala abazamukela. Ngokuzayo, zonke intuthuko ka-Waymo emkhakheni we-autopilot izokwazi ukuthola ukusetshenziswa kwezolimo noma ezindlini zokugcina izimpahla ezizenzakalelayo.
Qaphela ukuthi emcimbini wakamuva ngesihloko esifanayo, umsunguli we-Tesla u-Elon Musk wawugxeka kakhulu umqondo wokusebenzisa “ama-lidar” emkhakheni wokuzenzakalela kwezimoto. Uvumile ukuthi nguyena owasungula ukusetshenziswa kwe-“lidar” yinkampani yasemkhathini i-SpaceX, ayilawulayo, ukulawula inqubo yokumisa imikhumbi-mkhathi emkhathini, kodwa ubheka ukusetshenziswa kwalolu hlobo lwezinzwa ezimotweni kungenasidingo. Uma izimbangi zizodala "ama-lidar," zidinga ukuwenza asebenze engxenyeni engabonakali ye-spectrum. Ngokusho kukaMusk, inhlanganisela yamakhamera nama-radar ajwayelekile ayixazulula ngokuphelele inkinga yokuqondisa "imoto yerobhothi" emkhathini. I-Lidars ayiyona nje into engenamsebenzi, kodwa futhi iyabiza kubakhiqizi, uMusk ukholelwa.
Source: 3dnews.ru