A ‘partnership’ based on poaching – Uber gutted Carnegie Mellon’s top robotics lab to build self-driving cars

This January, as much of the world was getting over its post-holiday hangovers, people began disappearing from Carnegie Mellon University’s robotics center. At first it was only a few individuals, mostly software developers. Then it became an entire team, and eventually the group included the center’s director.

They weren’t going far.

By Josh Lowensohn

Full Story: http://www.theverge.com/transportation/2015/5/19/8622831/uber-self-driving-cars-carnegie-mellon-poached