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Roundabouts . They trapped Clark Griswold in “ National Lampoon ’s European Vacation ” and now they ’ve tripped up a Waymo robotaxi .

Avideois circulating on societal media depict a Waymo robotaxi going round and round on a roundabout — as if it is stuck in a loop . A Waymo voice tell TechCrunch there were no rider onboard the fomite in the TV and said the company has already direct the issue by deploying a software update to its fleet .

TechCrunch has asked Waymo for more information regarding the underlying logic that led to this foreign behavior and how engineer terminate up correcting for such a unique scenario .

Videos capture odd robotaxi behavior have become more rife in the preceding year , particularly in San Francisco — a hub of autonomous fomite action . For instance , earlier this yr , one woman set up a livestream that showed Waymo vehicleshonkingall dark in a parking portion near her San Francisco flat .

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