Re:Uber Opening Robotics Research Facility in Pittsburgh to ...
by lkbm on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @10:13AM
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I always felt like long-haul B2B deliveries (e.g., from warehouse to supermarket) was the most sensible starting point for actual use of self-driving vehicles on the roads. No worries about convincing customers to give up control, the extra equipment overhead is probably relatively small when you're already working with a massive truck, no stopping to sleep/eat, no tired drivers...
This is a fight over the businesses of logistics and transportation in general, and on a global scale. You can expect Amazon to join the fight. This is not limited to driving people across town, and winning is vastly more valuable. Nobody is going to hold back.