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Uber wants to outfit its human drivers’ cars with sensors to soak up real-world data for autonomous vehicle (AV) companies.
Uber plans to equip human drivers’ cars with sensors for large-scale real-world data collection.
KEY POINTS
- Uber has launched AV Labs, currently operating its own small fleet of sensor-equipped vehicles.
- Uber is building an 'AV cloud,' a library of labeled sensor data partners can query and use.
- Partners can test their autonomous vehicle models in 'shadow mode' on real Uber trips.
- Uber has partnerships with 25 AV companies and aims to invest more aggressively in them.
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