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'Pokemon Go' Players Unknowingly Trained Delivery Robots With 30 Billion Images


More than 30 billion images captured by Pokemon Go players have helped train a visual mapping system developed by Niantic. The technology is now being used to guide delivery robots from Coco Robotics through city streets where GPS often struggles. Popular Science reports: This week, Niantic Spatial...

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