Waymo lifts the lid on the ‘brain’ powering its robotaxis
Waymo has publicly disclosed technical details regarding the high-powered computing systems housed in its robotaxis. These systems process massive amounts of sensor data in real-time to enable safe, driverless navigation.
Why it matters
Transparency regarding autonomous vehicle hardware provides insight into the safety and operational capabilities of the rapidly growing robotaxi industry.
What’s in the trunk of your car? Shopping bags? A spare tire? Jumper cables? What about a high-powered computer capable of performing up to one quadrillion operations a second? Only if you’re Waymo.
For the first time, Waymo revealed key details about the heavy compute “brain” housed in the trunk of its robotaxis, including chip architecture, processor specs, and internal component details. The details, published in a blog post today, also includes a list of hardware suppliers that Waymo uses to build the computers that power its driverless fleet.
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