World's first self-driving taxis take to the road in Singapore

The world's first driverless taxis went into operation on Thursday in Singapore in a limited public trial, beating giants like Uber in the race to roll out the revolutionary technology.

The "robo-taxi service" is being tested at a small research campus well away from the thrum of the Asian business hub.

Data from the experiment will feed into the rollout of driverless taxis across the city-state in 2018, said nuTonomy, a US-based tech startup that developed the software used in the vehicles.