Tung said her initial idea for the challenge was to stay in a Waymo for 24 hours. But even without the limitations of a human driver, the Waymo still had its own restrictions. Screenshots shared ...

The company's white Jaguars, licensed to ride 24/7, have become another bucket-list item in this tourist-friendly city. But ...

Waymo's primary challenge at this point therefore appears to be widening the operating envelope of its technology and reducing its reliance on remote assistants. Self-driving data is reported in ...

The plan was to announce the first DARPA Grand Challenge at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles in February 2003. They put the word out among startups, engineering colleges, and robotics ...

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Diligent Robotics marked more than 100,000 elevator trips with Moxi, which is conducting autonomous deliveries in hospitals.

As Tesla’s electric-vehicle sales have flattened this year, CEO Elon Musk has increasingly staked the company’s future on his ...

Thirumalai, who focused on AI-powered search and shopping at Amazon before joining Waymo, emphasized his excitement about the challenge of working to power products that function safely and ...

Multimodal AI represents a significant leap forward in how organizations can leverage their data, leading to more accurate insights and better decision making.

Waymo operates thousands of autonomous taxi rides every day ... and engineers well versed in this technology tell me hardware isn't the issue. Software is the biggest challenge to achieving what is ...

Xos Inc (NASDAQ:XOS) has seen growing momentum in its hub product, with significant deliveries to top-tier companies like Waymo and Xcel Energy ... Incentive collections on delivered vehicles remain a ...

Sophia Tung rode in a Waymo for 6.5 hours around San Francisco. She says she would've ridden longer, but the Waymo's battery was running low. A Waymo spokesperson says it was one of the "longer ...