I Took a Chinese Robotaxi and This Happened...

[@jinniwind]

Maybe where you were standing is considered “bus zone” so the robot went over a bit to make sure it wont block buses potentially behind it to go into the station

[@leeway777]

That's what I thought too.

[@Eric_Garrison]

I was at an intersection that is adjacent to a bus zone. A taxi would have stopped at the intersection. I don't expect a taxi or a robot taxi to stop in the bus zone.

[@最爱扫把佬]

The robotaxi was right haha as you were standing too close to the bus lane so it prevented from blocking the bus in and out. Anyway impressive video!

[@AZ-rg3rf]

@@最爱扫把佬 thats a good explanation. It always does the right thing, even if abit unconventional

[@rogergeyer9851]

But then somehow the app needs to TELL YOU PRECISELY where you have to be to catch the robo-taxi. It's basic communication.

[@huas5350]

These AI cars are still being tested on a small scale, so there will be human drivers sitting there to prevent accidents. In several other small cities in China with relatively uncomplicated traffic, these AI cars have been completely unmanned.

[@monacolita9999]

Reminder: The parking place is a bus station. According to traffic rules, taxis cannot park at that location, so it drives forward a little before parking

[@Eric_Garrison]

My pick up point wasn’t the bus station it was the corner restaurant next to the intersection I was standing at. A taxi driver would stop prior to the bus stop at the intersection out of the way of traffic.

[@monacolita9999]

@@Eric_Garrison 0:38 The Chinese character on the ground means the bus lane.I really don't fool you.That's why this taxi drove a short distance ahead

[@龙腾洞观]

@@Eric_Garrison Because you're standing in front of where the buses come in, a cab parked there will keep large buses from coming in. So park in front of where the bus stops exit.

[@Eric_Garrison]

@@龙腾洞观 I know where I was standing and what is there and where the pick up point address was. The car doesn't know where I was standing

[@AmbientWalking]

This. Is. Amazing.

[@ivando5372]

Waymo is a lot better. China Robotaxi is years behind the US

[@donjr3270]

Got to say China is advancing at a rapid speed.

[@davidpicard5376]

Advancing towards no endgame perhaps? I don't know why we consider this necessary other than justifying jobs for postgraduate students of robotics paying off their student debt. I really enjoy Uber drivers who generally are from different parts of the world with honest knowledge to share while driving you to your destination.

[@johnsmith-cw3wo]

yes, replace all workers with robots... get rid of all the pesky, self entitled, always asking for more money humans... the right wing capitalist wet dream.

[@zes7215]

wr

[@robdude1969]

I'm here for the music.

[@jkuang]

That Strike One was so unfair to the cute robot. It was trained to stop at the right pick up zones in the street. Law abiding robot!

[@a11wang]

interesting to see robotaxi in China. I have never taken Waymo in San Francisco, but have seen few. For Waymo, there is no human on the front seat at all. And it drives pretty aggressively. Changes lane quite often, like what I would do. I actually followed them few times and drove on its side to take a look. It is quite impressive. Also, there is no camera inside of Waymo. Local newspaper has reported that in few occation, waymo has to call police to check on the people in the car, because there is no camera. In all cases, it is because passenger was sleeping. I was in Shanghai in March/April. It was very difficult to get taxi. Not sure what is happening in ShenZhen. Cheer. Have fun in China.

[@YYATam]

There are cameras inside the waymo car.

[@lynslee]

And rider support can call into the car to assist the rider before ever called the police

[@foothpath9966]

Thats pretty cool, i know in Denmark they are testing robot busses now in smaller cities.. Great work Eric 👍

[@justme6275]

Robotaxi is the future.

[@Natur275]

Nice experience

[@VSL_babyface]

cool video, I've seen videos of Waymo, the exterior of the Jaguar they used is quite weird as there are huge sensors all over the car which made it a real "robo-car", this HongQi looks more subtle like a regular car but it seemed the Ai is playing is more safe and seemed less accurate on the pick up spot lol I guess both need some work to be done... anyways, speaking of aggressive taxi drivers, if u r still in Shenzhen, might as well crossing the border and check out the real mad taxi drivers in Hong Kong and Macau lol 😂

[@willengel2458]

in order for unmanned vehicles to work, you need 100% uninterrupted coverage which is rare to do in the US because of different service providers for different areas. the safety officer is there just for something "unforeseen".

[@ledauphindebourbon6956]

It will be the slowest in the world, as in a normall city half of the drivers will try to overtake you, sneak into the traffic blocking you etc. - and as the robot will keep distance of some predetermined centimetres to not cause a crash - it will always be overtaken and blocked, as a result noone will use it.

[@kev13nyc]

keep pumping out those NIO videos Eric!!!!

[@christopherbeyer7740]

wrong, you are standing at a bus stop? taxis by law may not pick up passengers in a bus stop

[@Eric_Garrison]

My pick up spot was not set to a bus stop.

[@thesadboxman]

I"m curious how this experience has improved over the past year.

[@Jannikheu]

I tried to become a Waymo test driver in Phoenix a few years ago, but they wouldn't take me lol

[@mijmijrm]

i assume the robot taxi wouldn't stop at a random spot just because the customer is standing there. It'd stop at an appropriate place for the taxi. That's +1 for the Taxi, and -1 for the customer assuming the Taxi would stop at a random, rule breaking spot.

[@kenyup7936]

Sup Eric, welcome back, that robotics taxi uses Nvidia tech, but this year the performance of $NVDA is crazy af, it’s double though so it’s too late for me to buy that stock😂 I knew in San Francisco google Waymo and GM cruise has their robots taxi Waymo is more advanced because google AI tech is so cool, it has minority collusion

[@rogergeyer9851]

If the worst thing that happens is it doesn't pick you up or drop you off at the exact spot (say, within 100 years on the correct street), that's good compared to how this can go in an Uber for example. And Uber is very tightly geofenced in only a handful of cities.

[@francescogiacomelli403]

Person in the driver seat was so startling

[@jasonkleung]

Parabolically launching into Ai

[@drewh3224]

This human in the taxi!

[@ChinaSongsCollection]

Human is there by law. It has nothing to do with the technology.

[@JohnnysCafe_]

The taxi could not stop on the yellow lines and had to stop at the first available point beyond the no stopping area

[@ibvocean]

The robot has gone rogue 🤣🤣

[@iwanmuzaki8049]

Any chinese residents here? How well received in apollo taxi amongsts the residents?

[@unreliablenarrator6649]

Have taken in GZ a few times.

[@weizhang2834]

You have to stand in bus stop for waiting

[@1.4billion65]

It's fully driverless now, make a video again.

[@el-_-grando-_-_-scabandri]

cyberpunk 2077 ===> V call his car

[@silversurfergw]

Thought it was a self driving taxi

[@lukaz254]

It is....that's why it's called Robotaxi😂😂 Have you seen someone driving it? The standby driver is just there incase of an emergency...if I'm wrong let me know.

[@davidpicard5376]

A Double Parked American Car!! Not Just a double parked car . Interesting. You may need to get out more and experience other countries perhaps. I can honestly say that in no conceivable way I can find that exciting?! Non the less it's interesting all the same. Music towards the end was the highlight.

[@Eric_Garrison]

How many countries in the past month/3 months/6 months/etc should I have been to? Do you want me to list them? I don't understand your comment because I also said the ride was completely unexciting... the interesting thing was how boring it was.

[@davidpicard5376]

@@Eric_Garrison it just looks dull but just for your enlightenment, Rowan Atkinson has some nuggets of wisdom regarding technology especially in the field of electric cars . Especially knowing he's relatively adept in the field of engineering. Regardless it was appreciated and quite a reveal into the stark nature of what could become our dull future.

[@Eric_Garrison]

imo better to have robots drive us and more time to pursue passions than to make poor farmers from rural China drive 30 days per month 12 hours per day for peanuts... let's get people out of mundane dull jobs and garbage wages.

[@davidpicard5376]

@@Eric_Garrison Farming in a rural block is a fantastic way of life. However this discussion is purely subjective. I'll watch Demolition Man again to inspire me for a fun filled future

[@67buzzo]

I think it should not be called a robot taxi as long as there is a human in them.

[@ChinaSongsCollection]

Human is there by law. It has nothing to do with the technology. The Chinese local government just want to be safe. I would expect them to relax the law after a year or two. There is at least one other city in China that has already given the go-ahead for no-human robotaxi service. As far as I know, it's the same company. So clearly it has nothing to do with the technology.

[@snygsk]

No car or robotaxi should stop at the intersection. It is not safe.

[@schnittjauch]

lol.

[@tiaoyi-bx5yi]

Chinese traffic rules: intersections and bus stops can not stop, so it will run to the front of the bus stop to park.

[@lilianma8489]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🇨🇳

[@ivando5372]

That's not Robotaxi. There is a guy sitting in front. China is way behind the US. I took Waymo. It's a lot better than this. This sucks!

[@dann5515]

Not a big fan of roboservice. Its takes away people's jobs. And soon if people kept relying on robo. The people of the future are clueless and lazy. Just like back in old day where there is no rear view cam and you learn how to drive reverse parking base on your personal skill. And those who used to rear view cam and sudden the rear cam is broken. He/she having trouble reversing back parking or took way too long to get it parked. Simply put. Roboservices willl destroy human's knowledges in future like a spoiled kids. Everything done by robo.

[@jinniwind]

I think theres a balance in everything. For the disabled and really old people, driverless cars could help them tremendously. I have very often encountered very old drivers here and it’s painful to watch. Way below traffic speed on highways, dangerous driving behaviours because they get scared more easily and their response time is slower. Robo cars are there to help people who have problems driving. It enables them, and make the roads safer for the others.

[@dann5515]

@@jinniwind So no human kind enough to help driving them? Then again when come to certain age as in very old that may have demantia syndrome or lack of body responsive shouldnt be driving for their safety. They just have to admit is time to call an Uber or taxi or someone who can drive safely. I've seen an old lady here in australia back in few years ago because of her sudden supprised by a kid running out she step hard on accelerator where she thought she stepping on break but instead ran thru over the kid and drag that horrifying death for the kid. Why must have ROBO car when we have so many people who seeking for works and most of the jobs is taken away by robo? Robo dont starv people do starv to death.

[@王焉-v4u]

​​@@dann5515看很多日本网友都希望自动驾驶快点上路，他们说开车的老人家白发苍苍，非常吓人。中国也在老龄化的路上狂奔，出生率太低了，必须要智能化，最好智能化能跑赢老龄化。

[@dann5515]

@@王焉-v4u like i said... you can get human driver to give the senior people rides like the old fashion way aka TAXI or Uber with human driver! ROBO driver sound awesome but if everything done by ROBO then more people losing jobs!

[@古青心]

自动化的意义在于解放和发展生产力

[@davidli1331]

uh, there's a driver in there...

[@Eric_Garrison]

Driver would imply that he is driving

[@davidli1331]

@@Eric_Garrison still there if anything goes wrong....not a true robo car

[@johnsmith-cw3wo]

@@davidli1331 then wait for the million robotaxi from -Tesla- Elon. 😂😂

[@davidli1331]

@@johnsmith-cw3wo waymo already has them....

[@ChinaSongsCollection]

As far as I know, the guy is there by law. It has nothing to do with the technology. The Shenzhen local government just want to be safe. I would expect them to relax the law after a year or two. By the way, there is at least one city in China that has already given the go-ahead for no-human robotaxi service. So China has it. It's just that it's not in Shenzhen. ( In the same way, China has already had driverless buses and pilotless flying taxis for many years. It's just that they are not in Shenzhen )

[@土豆一挖一麻袋-n5g]

你站的那个地方大概不是一个适合停车的点