IDG Contributor Network: What Google’s lawsuit against Uber means for the future of self-driving cars
Google is suing Uber over some stolen documentation and schematics.
The lawsuit alleges that Uber stole plans for the LIDAR sensors used in Google’s self-driving cars that scan for obstructions and allow the car to steer and brake automatically. Google developed the technology originally but it is now part of their sister company Waymo. (Both are now part of parent company Alphabet.) Google and Waymo found out about the schematics when an employee was wrongly copied on an email from a supplier.
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