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Google, the company that previous said it "won't build a car," has hired Robert Rose, engineering manager at Tesla, to work at Google Robotics. At Tesla, he led the Tesla Autopilot group and its version 7 update that included autosteer and motorcar lane modify. Rose's hire has people wondering if Google is sticking to its vow that it will blueprint software for self-driving cars, but information technology won't build the entire car that fashion that Tesla and Apple tree (probably) are doing.

Rose'southward title at Google is quite generic. His Linked In contour says "Software Engineer." And Google is working on several robotics projects, although the Google Car is the highest-profile.

High-profile resume

Rose's career includes seven years as software engineer at HP through 2005, four years as game engine programmer at Sony (Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror and Resistance: Retribution), 6 years at software engineer and director of flying software at Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX, an Elon Musk venture), software engineer at Vicarious for a year through 2015, and then vi months (through October 2015) as an engineering manager at Tesla Motors.

Rose has multiple degrees from Oregon Country: a BS in computer engineering, a BS in estimator science, and an MS in electrical and compute engineering.

Rose's hiring at Google was noted by the site 9to5 Google. The story was updated to say information technology's non articulate Rose will be involved working on the self-driving car program every bit opposed to other Google Robotics ventures.

Apple vs. Google self-driving car plans

Google has openly talked about its robotic, or self-driving automobile projection, and the stubby Google cars are a regular sight to be seen around Silicon Valley. So far Google is merely talking nearly developing the engineering science, and as mentioned above, has suggested that if the applied science were to evolve to an autonomously driven car, it would be Google software implanted into someone else'due south car.

Apple has been close-mouthed about its cocky-driving vehicle plans, codenamed Project Titan. But rumor and public documents suggest Apple wants to launch a self-driving car before the cease of the decade that would be sold as an Apple device. It could nonetheless use the running gear of a third-political party (engine, transmission), peradventure BMW or Fiat-Chrysler, which Apple might consider a little part of the self-driving-machine equation.

Over the summer, applied for admission to a former Bay Area naval base to use for testing of robotic cars, something other tech companies and automakers accept too done. Honda and Mercedes-Benz take already done testing there (at different times) at the GoMentum Station, its current name.