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Choose Passenger Drop-off Location

System Design · Waymo · Hard

An autonomous vehicle, at the conclusion of a journey, needs to pick a curbside location where it will halt and allow a passenger to exit. The decision uses the vehicle's own state, sensor observations of the nearby environment, map information (including lane markings, parking rules, and building entrances), rider preferences (such as which door to use and any accessibility needs), and past drop-off records for the same spot. The system outputs a ranked list of possible…

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