In a first-of-its-kind approval by U.S. regulators, a federal agency on Thursday...
The R2, which Nuro describes as an “electric-powered delivery robot,” is designed to make short trips and will be restricted to pre-mapped neighborhood streets. Nuro told NHTSA in its October 2018 petition that the R2 vehicles will at all times be monitored by remote human operators who can take over driving control if needed.
The approval followed three years of talks between the government and Nuro. U.S. lawmakers have spent years trying to overhaul federal laws to speed deployment of self-driving vehicles. Nuro said despite the approval, regulators “must modernize the existing regulations that never envisioned a vehicle without a driver or occupants.”
Nuro partnered with Michigan-based supplier Roush to build the R2 with 65% more compartment space than the prior version, new temperature controls to keep food fresh and a larger battery pack to enable all-day operation.Nuro R2, a self-driving delivery vehicle, is shown with compartments ready for unloading in an undated photo in Houston, Texas, U.S. Nuro Inc/Handout via REUTERS
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