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Why is Behavior Prediction Important for Autonomous Driving?

Prediction is the ability to accurately reason a driving environment and anticipate the behavior of other road users.  This technical blog covers Motional's approach to prediction, and how scaling up our  behavior prediction network has been a major part of our vision to develop Large Driving Models (LDMs) that support globally scalable autonomous driving. 

A graphic showing a Motional IONIQ 5 robotaxi stopped at four orange cones with two people inspecting it

DriverlessEd Chapter 5: Before Your Ride

Ensuring passenger safety is a key point in operating a robotaxi. This is why every vehicle is checked over thoroughly - inside and out -- everyday. Chapter 5 of DriverlessEd explains how a robotaxi is prepared for a day of passenger service.

Driverless Ed Chapter 3

DriverlessEd Chapter 3: Enjoying the Driverless Ride

Chapter 3 of Motional's DriverlessEd series explains how AV companies like Motional are using research to understand what makes a ride comfortable, the types of features passengers expect, ways to make the vehicles accessible, and even how AVs can communicate with people.