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Waymo’s Trent Victor reconstructs deadly crashes to inform AV safety (Episode 126)

Nov 29, 2021

46:48

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Episode notes

The Role of Simulation in Testing Fatalities

02:14

Waymo - What's the Difference?

03:02

Did You Prevent 100% of the Crashings?

02:48

Introduction

5min

Autonomous Vehicles and the Promise of Safety

2min

Did You Prevent 100% of the Crashings?

3min

The Waymo Driver in Simulation Prevents 52 of the 52 Crashes

2min

Are Machines Better at Preventing Bad Actors?

2min

Waymo - What's the Difference?

3min

The Role of Simulation in Testing Fatalities

2min

Are Our Self-Driving Vehicles More Susceptible to Be Rear-Ended?

2min

Waymo Safety Impact Analysis - What's Next?

4min

10.

Chefler Group - We Pioneer Motion

3min

11.

Safety Is Relative to the Human

2min

12.

Do Driver Assist Systems Really Benefit Safety?

3min

13.

The Chain of Events That Leads to an Accident

3min

14.

Do We Need Different Metrics for Better Measuring Safety?

2min

15.

What's the ODD Dilemma?

2min

16.

Are You Asking the Right Question?

3min

17.

Waymo - The Light Bulb Moment

2min

18.

Waymo's Decision to Go Conservative or Fully Autonomous?

2min

Trent Victor, director of safety research and best practices, dives into Waymo’s efforts to simulate how its virtual driver would have performed in real-life crash scenarios culled from its metro Phoenix operating area. He also details his previous work on crash avoidance at Volvo.