Uber, the US ride-hailing company, is setting up its own vehicle research labs to study driverless cars and other advanced technologies, opening a new front in its ambitious efforts to shape the future of transportation.
The company announced late on Monday that it would fund a new research centre that would operate in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University, the Pittsburgh institution best known for its expertise in fields like computer science and robotics.
The centre, close to the CMU campus but bearing Uber’s name, will undertake research into autonomous driving technology, as well as mapping and other technologies related to vehicle safety, the two said.