Uber Comes to the Fore with the ''Self-Driving Car'' Technology
The firm has been announced to buy a company and make a partnership agreement with another firm to put its self-driving car technology into practice
Uber Comes to the Fore with the ''Self-Driving Car'' Technology
The firm has been announced to buy a company and make a partnership agreement with another firm to put its self-driving car technology into practice
Uber, which enables private car owners to be a taxi driver via a mobile application, has been stated to buy a company and make a partnership agreement with another firm to put its self-driving car technology into practice.
According to the explanation made by Uber, a company named Otto doing research on self-driving truck technology has been bought for an undisclosed price. It's been announced that Otto and Uber will make an effort to operate in the field of personal transportation in San Francisco, Palo Alto, and Pittsburgh of the USA.
It has been stated that the purchase in question will make Uber one of the strongest "autonomous engineering" companies in the world, also including the statement of Travis Kalanick, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Uber: "We must develop advanced logistic, artificial intelligence and robotic systems serving mankind in order to provide digital service in the real world."
Anthony Levandowski and Lior Ron, two of the founding partners of Otto, started their own company last January after having had part in Google's self-driving car technology and mapping research for years. Many employees of Google, who took part in the relevant research, joined Otto in recent months.
Uber also has expert employees working on self-driving car technology in Google and Carnegie Mellon University in its Advanced Technologies Center located in Pittsburgh.
Agreement with Volvo
It has been also explained that a $300 million worth of agreement with Swedish automotive giant Volvo on self-driving car field has been made. In the explanation that remarks the leadership of Volvo in car safety, it's been also stated that the company will provide Uber with 100 SUVs by the end of the year.
It has been indicated that the relevant cars will be equipped with self-driving technology and start being used for testing purposes in Pittsburgh in the following months.
Uber, which enables private car owners to be a taxi driver via a mobile application, has been stated to buy a company and make a partnership agreement with another firm to put its self-driving car technology into practice.
According to the explanation made by Uber, a company named Otto doing research on self-driving truck technology has been bought for an undisclosed price. It's been announced that Otto and Uber will make an effort to operate in the field of personal transportation in San Francisco, Palo Alto, and Pittsburgh of the USA.
It has been stated that the purchase in question will make Uber one of the strongest "autonomous engineering" companies in the world, also including the statement of Travis Kalanick, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Uber: "We must develop advanced logistic, artificial intelligence and robotic systems serving mankind in order to provide digital service in the real world."
Anthony Levandowski and Lior Ron, two of the founding partners of Otto, started their own company last January after having had part in Google's self-driving car technology and mapping research for years. Many employees of Google, who took part in the relevant research, joined Otto in recent months.
Uber also has expert employees working on self-driving car technology in Google and Carnegie Mellon University in its Advanced Technologies Center located in Pittsburgh.
Agreement with Volvo
It has been also explained that a $300 million worth of agreement with Swedish automotive giant Volvo on self-driving car field has been made. In the explanation that remarks the leadership of Volvo in car safety, it's been also stated that the company will provide Uber with 100 SUVs by the end of the year.
It has been indicated that the relevant cars will be equipped with self-driving technology and start being used for testing purposes in Pittsburgh in the following months.