Head of Carnegie Mellon University robotics lab hits out at Uber

Uber famously poached a third of Carnegie Mellon University's robotics lab staff in 2015 in a bid to fulfill their mission for self-driving taxis. Although the ride-sharing giant is among the many who believe driverless cars are just around the corner, the head of the university's robotics lab thinks otherwise. Herman Herman, named the group's new director after it was gutted, believes companies are'technically' not ready because they still need engineers the in car - and says a true self driving service is'not even close'. Although the ride-sharing giant is among the many big players in the industry who believe driverless cars are just around the corner, the head of the university's robotics lab thinks otherwise. Pictured is a concept drawing of Uber's self-driving cars Herman Herman was named the new director of Carnegie Mellon University's robotics lab after Uber took a third of the staff to its own researcher lab in 2015.