Baby delivered in Waymo continues proud tradition of not making it to the hospital

A pregnant girl in San Francisco gave delivery inside a Waymo robotaxi Monday evening en path to UCSF Medical Middle, marking the most recent milestone within the driverless automotive saga that nobody noticed coming — besides everybody with greater than six months of expertise behind the wheel of a ride-share automobile.

In accordance with The SF Standard, Waymo’s distant group detected “uncommon exercise” and referred to as 911, although the automobile beat emergency companies to the hospital.

Some traditions, it appears, are proof against disruption. For many years, expectant moms have been racing towards biology within the again seats of taxis and Ubers from London to Los Angeles. There was the mom in India who named her son Uber after giving delivery to him en path to the hospital (the driving force reportedly helped within the supply). There was additionally the California couple in 2017 who welcomed their child in an Uber during Shabbat.”Everyone seems to be telling us to call the infant Uber,” the daddy joked, earlier than including, “However we will’t do this.” (Ah, although, they might have!)

The tales go on and on. Now, Silicon Valley has automated the expertise, a minimum of partially.

The automobile in San Francisco was promptly eliminated for cleansing. Additional, this wasn’t Waymo’s first delivery — the corporate informed the Commonplace {that a} Phoenix child bought there first. “Whereas this can be a very uncommon incidence,” a Waymo spokesperson deadpanned, “a few of our latest riders simply can’t wait to expertise their first Waymo experience.”