Next week, Waymo cars will be done without a driver Start testing on public roads in Japan On the first international flight of Alphabet. Waymo has not yet confirmed whether to finally launch a commercial robotics service in the country, but the company still celebrates the trip as an “important landmark”.
Waymo describes it as simple “Road trip” To collect data on the nuances of Japanese driving, including left traffic and navigating in a dense urban environment. Vehicles will be pushed manually for data collection purposes and will be managed by the local taxi fleet operator, Nihon Kotsu. About 25 vehicles are sent, with the first After being monitored In a car park in Tokyo.
LinkedIn user also noted Those who posted the photos, Waymo engineers will do them. Tokyo enjoys its share of allocated environments, including “narrow roads, talismans”, thousands of pedestrians and cyclists smoothly with vehicle traffic.
Vehicles will be performed manually for the purposes of collecting maps data
Waymo says that trained drivers who work for Nihon Kotsu will manually move in vehicles across seven wings in the Central Tokyo, including Minato, Chenguku, Shiboya, Cheyua, Chenegawa, and Keto. Waymo operates manually when arriving for the first time to a new city so that its engineers can collect data on local traffic patterns and road features.
Although the company’s vehicles have just arrived, Waymo says they are already setting the foundation, training of drivers and fleet managers from Go, which is the application of famous taxis in Japan. The company was also coordinating with local officials, government agencies and the first respondents for the test.
Nicole Gafil, head of business development and strategic partnerships in Wimo, said in a statement.
Due to the test of its vehicles in Japan, the country directly to the west of the island nation is intensifying its operations without a driver. China Apollo Go Robotaxi service She says she has completed 1.1 million drivers without driver In the fourth quarter of 2024, it expands to Hong Kong soon. Like Waymo, Apollo Go says it is making an average of 200,000 paid trips every week.
