Voyage

Delivering on the promise of self-driving cars. Acquired by @cruise in March 2021.

[Voyage @voyage]

🚨 We have some big news to share!

@voyage is being acquired by @cruise. Together, we will deliver safer, cleaner, and more accessible transportation for millions around the world.

https://t.co/cNm75T3zwG

[Oliver Cameron @olivercameron]

💥 Big news: @voyage is being acquired by @cruise!

We’ve spent the last 4 years building a self-driving service that restores mobility to those who need it most.

Now at @cruise, we will continue to do that, but on an insane, global scale. I’m excited!

https://t.co/AHSRsHx54R

[Voyage @voyage]

@Cruise @olivercameron ❤️

[Oliver Cameron @olivercameron]

A car that can drive itself. Built by 60 people.

I know the hype in AV has quietened down—perhaps for good reason—but don’t sleep on the autonomy revolution. It’s just beginning!

[Oliver Cameron @olivercameron]

We just shared 3 hours of fully autonomous driving.

Our technology has matured significantly, and trips like this—requiring no human intervention—are the result.

The roadway here is in a senior community, where our service moves seniors door-to-door.

👉 https://t.co/oBDk8G2Peo

[Oliver Cameron @olivercameron]

This was a neat maneuver on a tricky left turn.

Why is this challenging?

Every 100 MILLISECONDS, a robotaxi _must_ complete the following:

🏁 Process sensor inputs
⤵️ Detect objects in sensor inputs
⤵️ Predict each objects’ next action
⤵️ Devise a safe driving plan

Not easy…

[Oliver Cameron @olivercameron]

Part 3️⃣

[Oliver Cameron @olivercameron]

Part 2️⃣

[Oliver Cameron @olivercameron]

Cars are beginning to drive themselves! Slowly but surely, this technology will become ubiquitous.

Curious how it works?

Here’s 30+ minutes of raw footage of @voyage’s self-driving A.I. in action. Watch exactly how our A.I. sees the world and makes driving decisions.

Part 1️⃣

[Voyage @voyage]

We’ve pioneered a new method to teach our self-driving A.I. to drive more human-like.

This is an exciting step forward to delivering smoother, more natural rides for our customers.

https://t.co/yYjFoDnZI1

[Oliver Cameron @olivercameron]

If you can’t tell, I’m crazy excited about what this means for customer adoption.

No one wants to ride in a big Roomba on wheels. They want a ride that feels smooth and human-like. I’m pumped HQDM has begun delivering this and is rolled out to our fleet!

https://t.co/VubHFqRA18

[Oliver Cameron @olivercameron]

Enter High-Quality Decision Making, our technique that blends safety and intelligence for human-like decision-making.

We’ve innovated on all fronts, from robotics to machine learning to dataset creation to validation.

The results are super encouraging (see the post for more!)

[Oliver Cameron @olivercameron]

In traditional @voyage fashion, we’re openly sharing decisions our self-driving A.I. has made that are decidedly not human-like, and which needed refinement.

These robotic decisions are _exactly_ why we spent the last 8 months developing a novel, new behavior planner.

[Oliver Cameron @olivercameron]

🧠 8 months in the making...

Learn how we have taught our self-driving A.I. to drive more human-like. This technology is _really_ exciting!

Our customers demand a safe, non-robotic ride, and what we’re sharing here is a big step towards that.

https://t.co/VubHFqRA18

[Voyage @voyage]

@dsilver829

[Voyage @voyage]

Soon seeing a car with no driver will be entirely normal.

[Oliver Cameron @olivercameron]

Or this one, from parking lot to restaurant…

[Oliver Cameron @olivercameron]

Or this one, with a little rain…

[Oliver Cameron @olivercameron]

Or this one…

[Oliver Cameron @olivercameron]

Our self-driving technology hit a big milestone recently.

The speed at which computer vision, robotics, machine learning, sensors, and compute is advancing is mind-blowing.

The result? Ride after ride after ride looking like this one 😍