Uber's self-driving truck delivered 50,000 cans of Budweiser

If you drank a cold beer in Colorado Springs this weekend, it may have been delivered by a self-driving truck. That's where a big rig tricked out with a sophisticated system that lets a computer take control on the road delivered 50,000 cans of Budweiser last week -- in what the beer company says was the first commercial delivery using the tech. The truck that made the 120-mile journey is one of a handful of Volvo rigs equipped with tech developed by Otto, a start-up Uber acquired in August. Unlike other self-driving systems on the market, such as Tesla's autopilot, Otto's tech lets drivers get out from behind the wheel altogether. At least when it's on the highway and doesn't have to watch out for things like cyclists and pedestrians, that is.