Waymo Driver
Lidar-camera-radar autonomy running paid rides with no safety driver across several US metros.
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Waymo Driver vs Isaac GR00T
Waymo Driver (Waymo) and Isaac GR00T (NVIDIA) both sit in Robotics. Isaac GR00T shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (9 vs 7). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Waymo Driver Waymo | Isaac GR00T NVIDIA |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Robotics | Robotics |
| Version | Waymo Driver | n1.7-release |
| Entry cost | Pricing is not published. Waymo operates as an autonomous ride-hailing service with fares varying by trip. | Free and open-source under a commercial license |
| Pricing tiers | Waymo App Download free | Open Source / Commercial License free |
| Model stack | EMMA · EMMA (End-to-End Multimodal Model for Autonomous Driving) · EMMA (End-to-End Multimodal Model) · Gemini-derived research models · S4-Driver · Waymo Driver · Waymo Foundation Model | Cosmos Reason · GR00T 1.5 · GR00T 1.6 · GR00T 1.6.1 · GR00T 1.7 · GR00T N1 · GR00T N1 (GR00T 1.5 / 1.6) · GR00T N1 (N1-release) · GR00T N1.5 · GR00T N1.6 · Isaac GR00T 1.5 · Isaac GR00T 1.6 · Isaac GR00T 1.7 |
| Context window | — | — |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 7 | 9 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Fully driverless rides, Lidar + camera + radar, Freeway operation, Airport service, Autonomous driving, Behavior prediction, Perception, Planning | open VLA weights, Isaac Lab training, synthetic motion generation, Jetson Thor deploy, Isaac-Teleop, GR00T-WholeBodyControl, Multimodal Inputs, Action Chunking |
Isaac GR00T
Open VLA foundation model plus Isaac Sim/Lab synthetic data and Jetson Thor runtime.
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