Waymo’s new self-driving cars are electric Jaguars loaded with sensors and cameras
A self-driving Jaguar I-Pace. (Waymo/)Just like cars with humans behind the wheel, self-driving vehicles need to see the world around them in careful detail. And since they don’t have eyes like a regular driver does, they use hardware-based perception systems to observe the streetscape, plus software and AI to make sense of it all. Autonomous car company Waymo, a Google sibling and part of Alphabet, has just published a detailed explainer about the newest version of the sensors on some of its vehicles. While Waymo is known for its self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivans, the whips with the latest gear on them are now electric Jaguar I-Paces. The closest analog to your eyes on these self-driving cars is the more than two dozen cameras on each Jaguar. The vehicles sport 29 cameras apiece, located in the front and back, sides, and top of the vehicle. Some of these are capable of...