The Story of Google's Self-Driving Car Research

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The idea was to get a vehicle to drive from Los Angeles to Las Vegas at 50 miles an hour. The terrain and the conditions of the competition set things disastrously off course. Undeterred, Chris and his team reentered the competition two years later and won. This attracted the attention of Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

To complete an audacious journey, you need to set short, achievable goals — or waypoints — to avoid getting wildly lost. But waypoints also need to be flexible because when you're knocked off track, you need to be able to realign your waypoints to get back on course. Aurora's Chris Urmson shares how he keeps returning to short, flexible waypoints on his daunting journey to make autonomous vehicles part of our everyday lives.

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