The Decision Behind Using Articulating Sensors on Cruise AVs

Written by JM Fischer, Engineering Manager, Embedded Systems and Charlie Mooney, Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Systems

Cruise self-driving vehicles use sensors as the eyes and ears of the vehicle. When we introduced the Cruise Origin earlier this year, we showcased an articulating sensor that has the ability to pivot 360 degrees and “see” in light or pitch black at superhuman speed. Our sensors will be able to see beyond what’s humanly possible and react faster and more safely to the things that people are able to see.

In this post, we’ll dive into some of the software we created for…