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Ex-Bosch engineers seek to make self-driving cars safer

Apex.AI is aiming to make a safer and more reliable version of the so-called Robot Operating System, or ROS. (Apex.AI)
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Stephen Nellis
November 16, 2018 05:00 AM

SAN FRANCISCO -- A company formed by two veteran Robert Bosch engineers is seeking to make the open-source software that powers many experimental self-driving cars safe and reliable enough to be used in commercially available vehicles.

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