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Rival robot cars meet on California highway
26 June 2015
A rare meeting between two self-driving cars resulted in one taking evasive action, Reuters reports. The robot cars, one made by Delphi Automotive and one by Google, met on a Californian road in Palo Alto.
The Google car pulled in front of the Delphi vehicle making it abandon a planned lane change. The incident comes as Google's purpose-built self-driving cars take to California highways to see how well they mix with regular traffic.
The vehicles involved were conventional road cars modified with lasers, radar, cameras and other sensors to help them navigate roads without a driver.
The incident occurred as the Delphi car, an Audi Q5 crossover, was preparing to change lanes. As it did so the Google car, a Lexus RX400h crossover, abruptly moved in front of it forcing the Audi to abandon its manoeuvre.
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