Zoox, a self-driving car company owned by Amazon, is deploying robot taxis without steering wheels, driver seats or drivers. But like all other self-driving cars, they still need help from humans.
The end of the article when it talks about the fire trucks that the car failed to yield to; the article claimed it was because they were yellow instead of red. What about cop cars that are white, black, blue? How about ambulances? This seems super shady behavior to me.
I can’t speak about these cars, but I know that Waymo’s cars identify the siren/lights to determine the presence of emergency vehicles. Because without the lights and siren, there’s no emergency and no need to yield, so they get treated like any other vehicle on the road.
Not sure why Zoox is identifying based on body color. Surely they know paint exists?
The end of the article when it talks about the fire trucks that the car failed to yield to; the article claimed it was because they were yellow instead of red. What about cop cars that are white, black, blue? How about ambulances? This seems super shady behavior to me.
I can’t speak about these cars, but I know that Waymo’s cars identify the siren/lights to determine the presence of emergency vehicles. Because without the lights and siren, there’s no emergency and no need to yield, so they get treated like any other vehicle on the road.
Not sure why Zoox is identifying based on body color. Surely they know paint exists?