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Chinese startup Neolix Technologies offers a driverless food delivery service in Guangzhou. (Photo by Takashi Kawakami)
TAKASHI KAWAKAMI, Nikkei staff writer
GUANGZHOU -- On China's Guangzhou International Biotech Island, a hub of companies on less than 2 sq. km of land, eateries are hard to find. But with a wave of the hand, workers can stop one of the driverless food trucks that deliver meals twice a day.