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November 1, 2017

Google-bred Waymo shifts robotic cars into next gear

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
AP Technology Writer

ATWATER, Calif. — Google's self-driving car spin-off is accelerating efforts to convince the public that its technology is almost ready to safely transport people without any human assistance at all.

Waymo, hatched from a Google project started eight years ago, showed off its progress Monday during a rare peek at a closely guarded testing facility located 120 miles southeast of San Francisco. That's where its robots complete their equivalent of driver's education.


 
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