Waymo is training its self-driving vans to pull over for the cops

Self-driving cars could be on public roads soon — so shouldn't they be ready to handle every possible variable of the driving experience? 

That's what Waymo is trying to teach its autonomous driving system with its new emergency vehicle tests, training the AI to recognize the flashing lights and sirens that signal all the human drivers on the road to pull over to the curb. 

Waymo shared some new details about the training, carried out as part of a collaboration with Chandler, Ariz. Fire & Police Department in a blog post. 

Sensing an emergency vehicle on the road isn't entirely new to the autonomous platform — Waymo's been training its system to do this since the company was still just the Google X self-driving car project — but this was the first dedicated test with the new improved sensor suite and fleet of Chrysler Pacifica minivans.  Read more...

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