Our Unique Driving Model
Like Tesla, we don’t use LiDAR.
Our driving model is unique. It is based on three things:
- Probability trajectories updated 15 times a second, and 20 times a second for our faster cars
- Psychology: a critical part of our driving model
- Machine Learning. We admire the work of DeepMind, particularly what they did with chess. They are the clear leaders in the Machine Learning world.
The process is:
- Our sensors and our object identification system tell us of an object.
- We create a trajectory for each object.
- The changes in trajectory tells us where the object is likely to be in every second for the next minute.
- We then decide the best way for our car to drive over the next minute or so.
A Trajectory is like a hurricane map. It tells us where an object is likely to be in the future, with probabilities attached.
