Those backyard and building roof pools just gotta a new splashdown use. Drones finding their own uses for things. OP: tiktok.hunterbrown53

Zoox said they are going to start charging for rides in their undrivable robots in Las Vegas. AFAIK, these still only go between ~8 fixed locations in LV. Video showing the most of these robots on the road at once that I've seen. OP: tiktok.allendjlasvegas

The Waymo robot is stuck bc it has no common sense: 400 block of W 11th St, Austin, Texas Waymo once again disproving the general belief AI "understanding" of common phenomena would generalize. OP: tiktok.blair6542

Hard to see how this Waymo robot got into that position without backing up into it: N Highland Ave NE & Virginia Ave NE, Atlanta, GA A very ordinary looking intersection, until a robot happened to it. OP: tiktok.dirt_track_todd

street finds its own uses for vestiges: 1100 block of Harrison St, San Francisco OP: tiktok.otffbanks

"I just happened to have the right tool for the job...when I was passing by on freedom Parkway and saw that this tree had fallen across both lanes." OP: ig.atlantamagnetman, Atlanta Example of - doubly human assisted robots, in-person & remote - ~minimum overhead & road clearance of a Waymo robot

Wayve says Transport for London granted them a permit for crewed/supervised AV/ADS/robot ridehail, ie w a safety driver. It's impossible to tell who/what is driving w a safety driver. Most ADS problems/failures are only evident externally without a safety driver. investor.uber.com/news-events/...

"Waymos still learning roundabouts... Just one of the four or five we saw trying to turn left" OP: reddit.unique-generic-name Music Square E at Buddy Killen Circle, Nashville, TN This appears to be one of the better marked/signed and relatively simple traffic circles.

Violence warning. This video is missing the prior context, though it's a vivid reminder that the "safe" passive Waymo Driver can make its passengers into literal sitting ducks: 400 block of 8th St, Los Angeles OP: tiktok.susana.mendez921

sloppy misreporting by @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social, as Waymo shutdown in San Antonio in April and is still shutdown there >15 weeks later, AFAICT. @techcrunch.com has never reported why Waymo remains uniquely shutdown in San Antonio. Never been discussed on @autonocast.bsky.social either, AFAICT.

TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · yesterday

Waymo opens up robotaxi service in Dallas to everyone

Waymo is now "open to everyone in Dallas" (within the <13% of the city Waymo serves and without a wheelchair and weather permitting) and still no one in San Antonio. waymo.com/blog/shorts/...

August 4, 2026 - From the road - Waymo

Starting today, anyone in Dallas can download the Waymo app and hail a fully autonomous ride.

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The San Francisco Jul 4th fiasco began w Mayor Lurie making a bad decision (GG Bridge location for fireworks) worse by making it too late for adequate prep. Sprinkle in the expected inept Waymo tech & ops letting roboclots cascade, ie: Robots make a bad situation worse. archive.ph/2026.08.04-1...

Waymo & truck crash: Ellis at Taylor, San Francisco Robot may have - undercut a truck driver making a right turn from the left side of the wide right lane of Ellis (streetview pic2) - stopped just before impact, 0 mph in Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report expected ~mid-September. OP: x.hempbae

Mostly correct article, though DMV "data" (crash reports) didn't "move"—they disappeared, new & old. Previously, DMV only required crash reports for AV Test permits, whereas NHTSA requires them for all AV/ADS.The difference allowed comparison of test & deployment crash rates. Guess which is higher?

The Frisc@thefrisc.bsky.social · 2d ago

🚗 NEW, CHANGING LANES: After new DMV reporting rules for AVs went into effect in April, the data moved around, with most if it now on the NHTSA site. What does that mean for Waymo accountability post-July 4th meltdown? @unazurda.bsky.social reports. thefrisc.com/waymo-behavi...

A 6th gen Waymo robot's self-closing doors wouldn't close & neither would a window. OP pushed and maybe forced a door closed. Then had to do it again. Waymo sent him another robot & prob a tow: Coit Tower, San Francisco I've heard Waymo's 6th gen got some issues. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0aI...

@Waymo Ojai doors wont close

YouTube video by Samuel Snow

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A 6th gen Waymo robot w passenger & telop assistance refused to drive between parked cars and a tree and to backup near a scooter, ie self-stuck. A person had to drive there just to drive it ~50 ft then give control back to the ADS: Grenard Terrace, San Francisco www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldYL...

Ojai disengagement

YouTube video by Samuel Snow

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Another Waymo robot w passenger(s) got stuck perpendicular to a road impeding traffic in both directions: 500 block of Main St NE, Atlanta, Georgia A safety driver could've fixed this in seconds. Never take a robot to OP: tiktok.alexr.turkatte

"Today in the Waymo Chronicles: watched another Waymo get stuck for several minutes with absolutely nothing blocking it, while a massive queue of traffic built up behind it. On the A2, so a busy main road in London. Why should we accept big tech companies making our lives worse?" OP: x.ANMalikSmith

Forbes says Waymo has importing >3k Chinese-made Zeekrs. Waymo needs to add ~2k Zeekrs to their ridehail fleet this year to reach their Million rides/wk target, then hundreds a month to keep growing ~linearly. Waymo got Fed gov's ok to import them, as long expected: www.wired.com/story/waymo-...

Zero occupancy vehicles (ZOV), aka empty robots, are being deployed by the hundreds per city/metro only until they can deploy them by the millions. Cities will need ZOV restrictions/caps else ZOV will dominate downtowns. Been ~obvious since Google got serious ~2014. And when they all brick at once.

Kelsi Jo C2E2 I-02!@kelsijosilva.bsky.social · 3d ago

Some of you really missed the LESS THAN one person in this post. LESS THAN. That is ZERO PEOPLE. I'm mad about cars with ZERO PEOPLE. I am not mad at you for driving your personal commuter. This is about waymo being introduced in Denver. Putting hundreds more cars on the road with NO PEOPLE.

A DoorDash Dot robot stopped directly in front of an emergency vehicle w sirens: W Broadway Rd at Valencia, Mesa, Arizona fwiw, this is very typical robot behavior. AFAIK, all the sidewalk robots struggle w sirens and of course so do the better equipped Waymo robots. OP: tiktok.jay_j205

"Waymo stopped...there for around 5 minutes before it moved… there was no reason for it to have gone that… the odd thing was the other 3 Waymo’s behind it and one went around them!" OP: x.GeorgeKalta 2nd St at Minna, San Francisco There's no traffic light and it is a No Stopping Anytime zone.

OP: x.Camshaft1966 has no idea what he is talking about. fwiw, Waymo robots do not need continuous GPS or even cell to operate, which allows them to drive through short tunnels such as Broadway in San Francisco (unlike Cruise), though Waymo has never said how long their robots can go without cloud.

"Hey Waymo, I’m not a user, but one of your cars attempted to pass a train track." OP: x.uklox 2nd Ave Caltrain crossing, San Mateo, California Rail crossing mishaps generalize across generations of Waymo robots.

“We have not been able [to get mgmt to spend the money] to identify an electric vehicle platform that is fully wheelchair-accessible while also meeting the very unique specifications that we need to retrofit that vehicle with our technology,” Matthew Walsh, Waymo. Our tech needs > your human needs.

NOTUS Metro@notusmetro.bsky.social · 3d ago

Advocates fear that autonomous vehicles will be allowed to operate in the District without accessibility requirements.

Waymo crash: Fremont by Natoma (Salesforce Tower), San Francisco Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report should be publicly avail ~mid-September. The Waymo Driver can be physically incapacitated by a minor collision that damages a sensor, unlike better protected human drivers. OP: tiktok.harikato26y

Who knew public road robots were functionally incomplete & most useful when least needed? DoorDash would need to pay a dasher to bring the food from the robot to the customer to provide a similar to fully human service. "This...is designed to support merchants during busy periods," DoorDash.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d ago

“Bybee drove about two miles to a restaurant, picked up an order, and placed it in the Dot robot as it waited in the parking lot, she said. She took photos of each step to document the process, and the gig took five minutes, she said. DoorDash paid her about $5.”

Another weird and somewhat inaccurate AV/ADS puff piece from techcrunch. FTR, Uber "tested" in San Francisco for ~week without permits, running red lights and menacing pedestrians. DMV told them to stop, which Uber refused, so DMV cancelled all their vehicle registrations. Uber's AV "empire" ~= 0.

TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · 4d ago

Uber has partnered with — and in some cases made direct investments in — about 30 autonomous vehicle companies over the past two years. Here's the list and the latest on the partnerships.

"Why are these things even legal on our streets? I see them unable to deal with routine traffic problems and freezing regularly. Last night [here]...multiple chains of 4-6 completely empty clogging...Friday rush hour" OP: reddit.righthandofdog Virginia at Highland, Atlanta, GA waiting for a telop

"I feel no step function change in frantic" Sarah Guo, a leading AI VC That's the closest this article gets to a rationale for any of the opinions within it, including the author's. The rest is atmospherics cloaking obscene money/wealth/hubris running on agentic fumes. colossus.com/article/sara...

Sarah's Wager

Sarah Guo built Conviction into the venture firm closest to the AI frontier. Now she's betting against its biggest companies.

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