Uber and Aurora's Self-Driving Car Team

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Aurora and Uber are working together to develop self-driving cars. The company has built partnerships with trucking companies, automakers and regulators. Chris Urry: "It's another clear example of how adding waypoints can slow you down in the short term"

To complete an audacious journey, you need to set short, achievable goals — or waypoints — to avoid getting wildly lost. But waypoints also need to be flexible because when you're knocked off track, you need to be able to realign your waypoints to get back on course. Aurora's Chris Urmson shares how he keeps returning to short, flexible waypoints on his daunting journey to make autonomous vehicles part of our everyday lives.

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