Waymo Driver
Lidar-camera-radar autonomy running paid rides with no safety driver across several US metros.
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Waymo Driver vs ROS 2
Waymo Driver (Waymo) and ROS 2 (Open Robotics) both sit in Robotics. ROS 2 shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (8 vs 6). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Waymo Driver Waymo | ROS 2 Open Robotics |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Robotics | Robotics |
| Version | Waymo Driver | 2 |
| Entry cost | Free mobile app download, paid per-ride pricing is not published here | Free and open source robotics middleware. |
| Pricing tiers | — | Open Source / Free 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 Foundation Model | DDS (Fast/Cyclone) |
| Context window | — | — |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 6 | 8 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Fully driverless rides, Lidar + camera + radar, Freeway operation, Airport service, Autonomous driving, Behavior prediction, Perception, Planning | DDS middleware, Nav2, MoveIt 2, 5-year LTS, robotics middleware, robot operating system, open source, open-source |
ROS 2
DDS-based middleware, navigation and manipulation stacks under annual LTS releases.
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