Nuro Self Driving Car Spotted Parked On Roosevelt Island Yesterday – Was It Part Of A Test Drive Experiment Or A Starbucks Coffee Break For The Safety Driver?

A Tipster spotted a Nuro self driving car parked on Roosevelt Islands Main Street yesterday.

According to the Tipster:

First one of these Ive seen. It looked like the safety driver was walking back to it. He had stopped at Starbucks.

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Cornell Tech Professor Wendy Ju is studying human interaction with automation and self driving cars. During an October 10, 2019 Cornell Tech Faculty Roosevelt Island Community Conversation , Professor Ju described her research to a group of very interested residents. I asked her whether Roosevelt Island could be a location for self driving car experimentation. Professor Ju replied:

I don’t know if the Nuro self driving car spotted on Roosevelt Island yesterday was part of any test drive experiment or if the Safety Driver just stopped by for a Starbucks coffee.