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Chinese tech company Baidu announced Monday that it could sell some robotic axi rides without human personnel in the vehicles. Baidu BEIJING — Chinese tech company Baidu said on Monday it is the first robotic axi operator in China to be licensed to sell rides without a human driver or staff member in the vehicles. The local government approvals allow Baidu’s Apollo Go robotic taxi operations to eliminate the cost of human personnel in some cases. The initial size of the permits is small: 10 robot axes spread over two suburbs of Wuhan and Chongqing, two major Chinese cities. In...
