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Waymo plans to bring its driverless taxis to Washington in 2026
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Waymo plans to bring its driverless taxis to Washington in 2026

Credit: Waymo Waymo on Tuesday added Washington to its pioneering robotaxi service’s steadily expanding list of U.S. markets, although passengers will have to...

Driverless ‘bus of the future’ is tested in Barcelona
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Driverless ‘bus of the future’ is tested in Barcelona

A driverless mini-bus, presented by WeRide and Renault Group, drives by Casa Batlló, designed by Antoni Gaudí, in Barcelona downtown, Wednesday, March 12,...

Japan’s Nissan tests driverless vehicles in city streets filled with cars and people
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Japan’s Nissan tests driverless vehicles in city streets filled with cars and people

In this photo released by Nissan Motor Corp., its driverless vehicle, center, drives along a street in Yokohama, near Tokyo in February 2025....

Study shines headlights on consumer driverless vehicle safety deficiencies
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Study shines headlights on consumer driverless vehicle safety deficiencies

Researchers in the Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences at UC Irvine have demonstrated that traffic sign recognition systems in autonomously...

Uber teams up with Waymo to start selling driverless rides in Austin, Texas
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Uber teams up with Waymo to start selling driverless rides in Austin, Texas

Two Waymo driverless taxis stop before passing one another on a San Francisco street on Feb. 15, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Terry Chea, File...

Forget driverless cars. One company wants autonomous helicopters to spray crops and fight fires
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Forget driverless cars. One company wants autonomous helicopters to spray crops and fight fires

A Rotor Technologies unmanned semi-autonomous helicopter flies away from a van containing a ground control pilot/operator during a test flight over Intervale Airport,...