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Waymo's autonomous driving system (the Waymo Driver), now in its sixth generation, integrating a 360-degree sensor suite (cameras, lidar, radar) with perception, prediction, and planning to run fully-driverless robotaxi service. Waymo's research includes EMMA, a Gemini-powered end-to-end multimodal driving model that remains research-stage and is not deployed in production vehicles.
Foundation model · Maturity: Commercial · Closed · Powers 2 robots
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /brains/waymo-driver.md
- RSS feed: /brains/waymo-driver/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/brains/dd967d2f-5782-4344-8a13-e02581e745db
- Revision history: /brains/waymo-driver/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Key facts
- Model type
- foundation-model
- Maturity stage
- commercial
- Open source
- no
- System structure
- 360-degree sensor suite (cameras, lidar, radar) with perception, prediction, and planning
- Built on
- Gemini-powered end-to-end multimodal driving model (EMMA, research-stage)
Developed by (1)
Powers (2)
- Waymo Driver (6th gen)Waymo · av
- Waymo Via (autonomous trucking)Waymo · truck
Where Waymo Driver runs
Deployments of robots powered by Waymo Driver, by place and type.
Common questions
- What is Waymo Driver?
- Waymo's autonomous driving system (the Waymo Driver), now in its sixth generation, integrating a 360-degree sensor suite (cameras, lidar, radar) with perception, prediction, and planning to run fully-driverless robotaxi service. Waymo's research includes EMMA, a Gemini-powered end-to-end multimodal driving model that remains research-stage and is not deployed in production vehicles.
- Which robots run on Waymo Driver?
- 2 robot models on the DEPLOY registry run on Waymo Driver: Waymo Driver (6th gen), Waymo Via (autonomous trucking).
- Who developed Waymo Driver?
- Waymo Driver is credited to Waymo on the DEPLOY registry. Each developer attribution is verified via primary sources.
- Is Waymo Driver open source?
- No. Waymo Driver is recorded as proprietary on the DEPLOY registry. Model weights and source are not publicly available.
- What type of AI is Waymo Driver?
- Waymo Driver is a foundation model on the DEPLOY registry.
- What is Waymo Driver's maturity stage?
- Waymo Driver is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder. Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.
Sources (7)
- https://waymo.com/waymo-driver/
- https://waymo.com/research/emma/
- https://waymo.com/blog/2024/08/meet-the-6th-generation-waymo-driver/
- https://waymo.com/blog/2025/12/demonstrably-safe-ai-for-autonomous-driving/
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.23262
- https://waymo.com/safety/research/
- https://twimlai.com/podcast/twimlai/waymos-foundation-model-for-autonomous-driving
Methodology: Verified · 7 sources (3 primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-28
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- preprint
- Preprint
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Waymo Driver.Canonical ID dd967d2f-5782-4344-8a13-e02581e745db