She was already receiving groceries weekly from larger, manned self-driving vehicles that the company Nuro developed and launched in August. Technological hurdles and apprehension have limited attempts to deploy fully autonomous vehicles on public streets. Giannonatti of Kroger said safety is paramount in this next step of autonomous vehicle technology. "But ultimately," he says, "there are so many challenges with autonomous vehicles" to make it a reality nationwide. Arizona's laws have been friendlier to self-driving vehicles, and the weather in Scottsdale is more predictable than in other parts of the country.

Source: The Star December 19, 2018 04:30 UTC