During a recent trip to London, I had a great meal of fish and chips. That isn’t unusual on its own—I always love to eat some when I’m in the UK. But how I got to the restaurant was a first to me.
I rode to the chip shop in an autonomous vehicle made by Wayve, a company with a fairly novel approach to self-driving cars. It’s hard to imagine a more challenging environment for an AV than downtown London. The car I was in had to dodge pedestrians, cyclists, and a lot of traffic on its way to our lunch. (Don’t worry: We had a safety driver in the car ready to grab the wheel if needed.)
While a lot of AVs can only navigate on streets that have been loaded into their system, the Wayve vehicle can drive anywhere a human can drive. The company uses AI and deep learning techniques to teach their cars how to respond in real time to their surroundings.
Wayve is one of many companies trying different approaches to AVs, and their vehicles are still in the testing phase. While it’s too soon to tell which approaches will ultimately be the most successful, I believe we’ll reach a tipping point with autonomous vehicles within the next decade. You can read more on my blog about what I think will happen once we have a truly self-driving car.
Thank you for being an Insider.
Latest Stories
-
U.S. goverment invests in public servants working in Ghana’s public safety sector
15 mins -
Sam Jonah deems the absence of public purse accountability ‘pathetic’
19 mins -
Ghana is completely under-lawyered – Prof. Atuguba
25 mins -
Split vessel: NPA allays fears over discharging of crude oil content
36 mins -
Stonebwoy performs ‘Activate’ with Davido at his sold-out show at Madison Square Garden
41 mins -
Saint Kitts and Nevis reiterates constant position in favour of Morocco’s sovereignty over Sahara, territorial integrity
45 mins -
Ghanaian lawyers have strayed from Nkrumah’s vision for law in Ghana – Prof Atuguba
45 mins -
Accra set to hand over UNESCO World Book Capital title to Strasbourg
57 mins -
Rihanna: ‘I refused to buy maternity clothes’
1 hour -
Contempt case: Bench warrant issued for arrest of CID boss, Legal & Prosecutions D-G rescinded
1 hour -
I acknowledge your patience amid ‘dumsor’ – Akufo-Addo tells Ghanaians
2 hours -
Police bust global cyber gang accused of industrial-scale fraud
2 hours -
Today’s front pages: Thursday, April 18, 2024
2 hours -
Ukraine warns of WW3 ahead of stalled US aid vote
2 hours -
JK Horgle Transport wins Total Energy Most Reliable Transport Award 2023
3 hours