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AVS: Autonomous Visualization System, standard for describing and visualizing autonomous vehicle perception, motion, and planning data

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Go for a ride in Uber's autonomous car

Published on Sep 14, 2016

During a launch event and demo in the streets of Pittsburgh, Signe Brewster was accompanied by 2 Uber Engineers in a high-level demo of their autonomous Ford vehicle. She even got to take a ride behind the wheel back to the Advanced Technologies Center.

"Behind the wheel of Uber’s new self-driving car, which hits the road today"
Get ready, Pittsburgh

by Andrew J . Hawkins
September 14, 2016

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Behind the wheel of Uber’s first self-driving car

Published on Sep 14, 2016

Uber is launching its first self-driving cars in Pittsburgh, and we got a chance to sit behind the wheel.

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Inside Uber's self-driving car

Published on Sep 14, 2016

The ride-sharing giant is in Pittsburgh for its latest big move: the country’s first autonomous taxi service. Select Uber users can now ride in self-driving cars, with humans at the wheel for an emergency.

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President Suresh takes ride in Uber driverless car

Published on Sep 14, 2016

Uber began offering Pittsburghers public rides in its self-driving vehicles on Sept. 14. One of its first riders was Carnegie Mellon University President Subra Suresh. Along with City of Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto, Suresh took a ride from downtown to his office on the Oakland campus.

"President Suresh takes ride in Uber driverless car"

by Ken Walters
September 14, 2016

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What Uber drivers think about their robot replacements

Published on Sep 22, 2016

Last week, Uber launched its self-driving car pilot program in Pittsburgh. Customers in certain parts of the city can now hail an Uber, with the chance that they'll be picked up by a self-driving car.

Though there's someone sitting in the driver's seat, the cars guide and drive themselves. And Uber has long felt bullish about its technology: CEO Travis Kalanick says the company's whole fleet could be "driverless in 2030."

The day that Uber launched its Pittsburgh program, VICE News took a ride with some of the drivers that Uber could put out of a job with its autonomous cars, to ask them whether they were concerned about sharing the road with the self-driving cars that will put them out of business.