This can include temporary lane closures, diversions, and situations where a police officer is directing traffic with hand signals. The latter is now something Waymo's autonomous cars can deal with.

Everything Announced at Tesla's 'We, Robot' Event Cars Waymo self-driving cars can now respond to traffic cops' hand signals A demonstration shows a Waymo car handling a broken traffic light with ...

This is the amusing moment a wild monkey directed cars like a traffic cop - after picking up the hand signals from watching officers. The macaque had climbed down from the roadside trees and ...

Watch a Self-Driving Car Obey Police Hand Signals Waymo's autonomous vehicles can be waved through a broken traffic light.

For years, Waymo's driverless ridehailing cars have been wreaking havoc on San Francisco streets, triggering traffic jams, getting stuck in roundabouts, and even colliding with a delivery robot ...

When driving, I will hand-signal other drivers to proceed. Often they will return the favor and signal me back to take the right of way.

One of Waymo's self-driving prototypes successfully navigated a situation that leaves even some human drivers confused: an intersection whose traffic lights are down. It waited for the traffic cop ...