(KRON) — If you live or work in San Francisco, seeing a car roll by without a driver has become mundane. Waymo’s self-driving artificial intelligence-powered cars do not seem to attract curious onlookers snapping photographs like they used to. But what about a self-flying plane?
On Friday, an aircraft equipped with autonomy technology will land in Concord, completing a round-trip journey that included the first-ever autonomous flight across the United States, Joby Aviation announced.
During its flight, the J208 Cessna Caravan performed autonomous taxiing, takeoffs, route navigation, and landings under remote supervision from Joby’s headquarters in California…