Waymo

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/waymo

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What are Waymo cars and how do they drive themselves?Waymo cars use sensors like lidar, radar, and cameras to see the road. Their AI software decides where to go and moves the car safely.
2. Why did Waymo start from the DARPA Grand Challenges?The DARPA Grand Challenges taught people how to make robots drive. That knowledge helped create Waymo.

Autonomous Driving System: A complex integration of sensors, software, and hardware enabling a vehicle to operate without human intervention.
Sensor Fusion: The process of combining data from multiple sensors to create a more accurate and reliable perception of the environment.
Deep Learning: A subset of machine learning that uses artificial neural networks with multiple layers to learn from vast amounts of data.