Inside a robotaxi's head: a one-minute Short

What goes through a robotaxi's mind?

The same four-step loop, dozens of times a second.

1. Perception: what's around me?

Lanes, cars, cyclists, cones and anything unusual, turned into a map of the scene.

2. Prediction: what happens next?

Many possible futures, each with odds. "That pedestrian is 80% likely to cross soon."

Two cars reach a four-way stop at once. What does the planner choose?

3 and 4: plan, then control

Pick the safest smooth path, turn it into exact steering, throttle and braking, then run the loop again.

See, understand, imagine what happens next, pick the safest plan, repeat.

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