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| ====== Full-stack Teams and Cars ====== | ====== Full-stack Teams and Cars ====== | ||
| - | All these teams are attempting to build the "full stack" of a robocar or other autonomous outdoor vehicle. They may also be building some hardware components, or in a few cases, plan to build or have custom manufactured the vehicle. What if I just link to [[Voyage]]? | + | All these teams are attempting to build the "full stack" of a robocar or other autonomous outdoor vehicle. They may also be building some hardware components, or in a few cases, plan to build or have custom manufactured the vehicle. |
| ===== Robotaxi ===== | ===== Robotaxi ===== | ||
| These teams probably plan to deploy a robotaxi service using their system, and possibly their car | These teams probably plan to deploy a robotaxi service using their system, and possibly their car | ||
| - | * [[Waymo]] | + | * [[Waymo]] - The almost undisputed leader |
| - | * [[Cruise]] | + | * [[Cruise]] / GM - GM purchased startup and now has billions of investment from [[Honda]], [[Softbank]]. |
| - | * [[Zoox]] | + | * [[Zoox]] - Well funded startup plans to build car, software and robotaxi service. Maverick founder [[Tim Kentley-Klay]] was pushed out. |
| - | * [[Uber]] | + | * [[Uber]] - World's number one ride company has very active project, but it was set back tremendously by a [[Uber Fatality|Fatality]] |
| - | * [[Lyft]] | + | * [[Lyft]] - The USA's number two ride company is making strong efforts. |
| - | * [[Ford]] & Argo AI | + | * [[Ford]] & Argo AI - Ford partnered with ex-Waymo engineer [[Bryan Saleskly]] to build a self-drive unit. |
| - | * [[Tesla]] | + | * [[Tesla]] - Carmaker with aggressive promises that their [[Autopilot]] will turn to full self-drive in 2020. |
| - | * [[Apple]] | + | * [[Apple]] - Highly secret "Project Titan" employs many at the world's most valuable company. |
| + | * [[Didi]] (the Uber of China) | ||
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| These teams are building a fairly full self-driving stack, but it will go in a partner's or customer's car. | These teams are building a fairly full self-driving stack, but it will go in a partner's or customer's car. | ||
| - | * [[Aurora]] | + | * [[Aurora]] -- $2B valuation startup with founders including [[Chris Urmson]] |
| - | * [[Baidu]] | + | * [[Baidu]] -- Chinese top search engine, behind the [[Apollo]] stack |
| - | * [[comma.ai]] | + | |
| * [[Pony.ai]] | * [[Pony.ai]] | ||
| * [[Roadstar.ai]] | * [[Roadstar.ai]] | ||
| - | * [[Drive.ai]] | + | * [[Drive.ai]] -- Software startup once valued at $200M, now reportedly acquired by [[Apple]] |
| + | * [[Phantom AI]] | ||
| + | * [[Apex.AI]] | ||
| * [[Momenta]] | * [[Momenta]] | ||
| + | * [[AIMotive]] - Hungarian firm with simulator and autopilot | ||
| + | * [[Renovo]] | ||
| + | * [[Imagry]] -- Attempting mapless driving | ||
| + | * [[TORC]] - Darpa Challenge competitors | ||
| * [[Naver]] -- Korean search engine | * [[Naver]] -- Korean search engine | ||
| * [[Voyage]] -- out of [[Udacity]], aimed at retirement villages | * [[Voyage]] -- out of [[Udacity]], aimed at retirement villages | ||
| * [[Oxbotica]] -- from Oxford | * [[Oxbotica]] -- from Oxford | ||
| - | * [[Blackberry]] QNX division | + | * [[Blackberry]] QNX division -- QNX Founder [[Dan Dodge]] has built a reference stack without neural networks. |
| * [[FiveAI]] | * [[FiveAI]] | ||
| - | * | + | * [[ThorDrive]] -- Korea / SV doing vans |
| + | * [[Helm.ai]] -- Stealth SV company, raised $10M | ||
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| + | See also [[Advanced autopilot]] driver assist systems. | ||
| ===== Automakers ===== | ===== Automakers ===== | ||
| - | These automakers have active, mostly full-stack projects. They have not declared strong Robotaxi plans | + | These automakers have active, mostly full-stack projects. (See Robotaxi section for automakers planning that business.) |
| * [[Daimler]] | * [[Daimler]] | ||
| * [[BMW]] | * [[BMW]] | ||
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| * [[Tata]] | * [[Tata]] | ||
| * [[Mahindra]] | * [[Mahindra]] | ||
| + | * [[Subaru]] | ||
| + | * [[Changan]] | ||
| + | * [[Xiaopeng]] / XMotors.ai -- Chinese electric carmaker | ||
| + | * [[FCA]] makes vehicles for [[Waymo]] and has a partnership with [[Aurora]] | ||
| + | ===== Logistics ===== | ||
| - | ===== Delivery ===== | + | See the [[Delivery]] section for last-mile delivery on sidewalks and roads. |
| - | * [[Starship]] | + | |
| - | * [[Nuro]] | + | |
| - | * [[Marble]] | + | |
| - | * [[Postmates]] | + | |
| - | * [[Amazon]] | + | |
| - | * [[Udelv]] | + | |
| - | * [[Kiwi Campus]] | + | |
| - | * [[Robby]] | + | |
| - | * [[Eliport]] | + | |
| - | * [[Yape]] | + | |
| - | * [[Twinswheel]] | + | |
| - | * [[Teleretail]] | + | |
| - | * [[Lumo]] | + | |
| - | * [[JD]] | + | |
| - | * [[Gita]] | + | |
| - | * [[Robomart]] | + | |
| - | ===== Trucking ===== | + | ==== Trucking ==== |
| These teams have a focus on long haul trucks and large vehicles | These teams have a focus on long haul trucks and large vehicles | ||
| * [[TuSimple]] | * [[TuSimple]] | ||
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| * [[Ike]] | * [[Ike]] | ||
| * [[Starsky]] | * [[Starsky]] | ||
| + | * [[CarOne]] -- stealth | ||
| * [[Embark]] | * [[Embark]] | ||
| + | * [[Cyngn]] -- from the bones of CyanogenMod Android fork | ||
| * [[Waymo]] | * [[Waymo]] | ||
| * [[Otto]] (defunct) | * [[Otto]] (defunct) | ||
| * [[Thor]] | * [[Thor]] | ||
| * [[Pronto.ai]] | * [[Pronto.ai]] | ||
| + | * [[WeRide]]/JingChi | ||
| + | * [[NullMax]] -- Shanghai | ||
| * [[Aurora]] | * [[Aurora]] | ||
| + | * [[Gatik AI]] -- SV based, out of CMU | ||
| * [[PlusAI]] | * [[PlusAI]] | ||
| + | * [[Freightliner]] -- a unit of [[Daimler]]. | ||
| * [[Locomation]] | * [[Locomation]] | ||
| * [[Peloton]] | * [[Peloton]] | ||
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| + | Off-road | ||
| + | * [[Komatsu]] -- mining trucks. | ||
| ===== Tier One Suppliers ===== | ===== Tier One Suppliers ===== | ||
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| * [[MobilEye]] | * [[MobilEye]] | ||
| * [[Renesas]] | * [[Renesas]] | ||
| - | * [[Nvidia]] | + | * [[Nvidia]] -- promotes GPU chips for neural networks |
| - | * [[Aptiv]] (Nutonomy) | + | * [[Delphi]] |
| + | * [[Valeo]] | ||
| + | * [[Mando]] -- Korean supplier | ||
| + | * [[Qualcomm]] -- processor chips and communication | ||
| + | * [[Ambarella]] -- fabless chip company | ||
| + | * [[Aptiv]] (Nutonomy) - Formerly part of Delphi | ||
| ===== Shuttles ===== | ===== Shuttles ===== | ||
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| * [[Navya]] | * [[Navya]] | ||
| * [[Local Motors]] | * [[Local Motors]] | ||
| + | * [[May Mobility]] | ||
| * [[Easymile]] | * [[Easymile]] | ||
| * [[Ridecell]] | * [[Ridecell]] | ||