https://apnews.com/877c2fcbd21d4fa2874412797d7696e2 > SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google's robotic car spin-off Waymo is poised to become the first to test fully driverless vehicles on California's public roads. > The regulatory approval clearing the cars to begin navigating the state's highways and streets without a backup human driver behind the wheel comes nearly a decade after Waymo began as a secretive project within Google.