ChauffeurNet: Learning Resilience in Self-Driving Cars

Imagine you’re riding in the passenger seat of a fully self-driving car gliding through

a quiet neighborhood just after dawn. The world feels still, peaceful,

gentle. The street is the kind of place where sunlight cuts through trees in long golden

blades, where the lines on the asphalt shimmer slightly, where you can hear

the soft hum of tires and nothing else. Then something unexpected happens: ahead of

you, there’s a delivery truck parked exactly where no one would expect it—half on

the road, half in the shoulder, in a position where the car’s lane narrows to a tight choke

point. A human driver doesn’t even think about what comes next. They nudge gently