New self-driving race: grocery runs

Your first experience with a self-driving vehicle may not be a robot taxi after all.

On Tuesday morning, a bright orange, autonomous van delivered bags of groceries from Draeger’s Market in San Mateo to two customers living nearby.

The customers met the vehicle at the curb and retrieved their bags from cubicles that line the van’s back half, opening the cubicle doors with a few taps on their phones. The doors balked a bit, taking about a minute to open, but eventually they worked.

By David R. Baker

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