PITTSBURGH — Ride-hailing service Uber and Carnegie Mellon University are partnering on a Pittsburgh research lab that both hope could lead to the development of driverless cars.
Carnegie Mellon and its Robotics Institute have been working on driverless vehicles for years.
The partnership, announced Monday, includes Uber funding for faculty chairs and graduate fellowships at the private research university.
San Francisco-based Uber said the Uber Advanced Technologies Center also will focus on mapping and safety technologies in support of its ride-hailing mission.
“Carnegie Mellon has been working very hard over the last few years, developing direct relationships with the absolute top companies in technology and science,” said Andrew Moore, dean of the university’s School of Computer Science.
