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Drones vs. driverless cars: A tale of two robotics policies

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"“As a consequence, the rules were really good for Google, because they did exactly what Google wanted them to do,” said Ryan Calo, a robotics professor at the University of Washington.

But the regulations might also lead to future complications for driverless car companies as technology advances beyond existing laws, said University of South Carolina law professor Bryant Walker Smith.

“Google’s self-driving team may, in some ways, have buyer’s remorse for pursuing legislation so early,” said Walker Smith."