Google's autonomous car company, Waymo, demanding Uber Technologies and Otto on the alleged misuse of LIDAR technology owned Waymo.
ScienceLovers, Los Angeles - Google's autonomous car company, Waymo, demanding Uber Technologies and Otto on the alleged misuse of LIDAR technology owned Waymo.
LIDAR is a laser technology that is used to monitor the position of the vehicle on the highway. The technology is said to be the most valuable asset owned by the company and is a crucial component in an autonomous car.
Waymo sue the Uber and Otto who allegedly stole LIDAR technology to speed up service their cars. Uber Party said it would follow up on this demand and provide a response as soon as possible.
Otto officially the launching last May with his co-founder, Anthony Levandowski, who previously worked on Google's project otonm car. Uber later acquired the company in August with a dowry worth about 680 million dollars. Waymo Levandowski suspect attempted theft of personal data via laptop. Waymo accused Levandowski take 14,000 more technical data from LiDAR.
"Waymo LIDAR technology has made this in a long time, while the defendant simply duplicate this technology in less than nine months," said the Waymo.
Waymo party claimed it took seven years to make the project self-driving Waymo this and say that Uber has been robbed of their technology through collaboration with the Carnegie Mellon University in the early 2016 ago.
