Is Waymo the Future of Transportation?

 So, as of my news of the day that I brought to class, recently my family and I took a trip to San Francisco to visit my sister and her boyfriend, who recently moved there. On my first day in the city, there were many ways to get around town. There are big companies that we all know, such as Lyft and Uber, but the new one is Waymo. Waymo is the next step in pick-up transportation for the general public. 

Some background on Waymo, it is an independent driving technology company, that was originally a project within Google. In 2016 it became Waymo. This company develops and deploys independent autonomous cars and uses a combination of AI, sensors, cameras, and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology to navigate roads without a human touch.

So what is so special about the Waymo and why do people trust it to take them from place to place? Well with Waymo's high-end technology, it will only get more helpful and people will trust it. The other thing Waymo has a lot of advanced technology with learning algorithms and data from various sensors and they create a 360-degree view of the environment they are driving in making real-time decisions about driving, navigating the traffic, and swerving out of the way of any obstacle. The other thing it is working towards would be autonomous levels, the Waymo focuses on achieving level 4 and 5 automation in cars, where level 4 means that the vehicle can operate without human input in certain conditions, and level 5 represents full independent control under all conditions.

Overall the Waymo may not be in Washington State but has it expanded in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Texas. But it is the next thing with transportation and A. I combined. Can't wait to see what is in store for this company. 

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