Archive for October 2025
Cars with human safety drivers set to appear in 2026 but black-cab drivers dismiss service as ‘fairground ride’
People in London could be hiring driverless taxis from Waymo next year, after the US autonomous vehicle company announced plans to launch its services there.
The UK capital will become the first European city to have an autonomous taxi service of the kind now familiar in San Francisco and four other US cities using Waymo’s technology.
Continue reading...Nell Steele recalls escorting a robot across a pedestrian crossing and watching another singing Baby Shark
Starship Technologies’ robot delivery vehicles (‘Delivery robots will happen’: Skype co-founder on his fast-growing venture Starship, 4 October) were introduced to Sale, Greater Manchester, by Co-op stores about two years ago. Though their use has dwindled (their size limits them to smallish deliveries), a few still cluster outside each Co-op.
They have a charm of their own, and I feel quite maternal about them. I worry about their safety and have escorted a robot across a pedestrian crossing so that the cars would stop for it.
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