Zoox and Uber tie up to deploy robotaxis on ride-hailing network

Uber Technologies signed a ‌multi-year partnership to deploy Zoox's purpose-built robotaxis to its platform, the companies said on Wednesday, marking the latter's first venture with a third-party ride ...
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Improving robots’ social skills: Purdue professor programs robots for improved nonverbal communication to better support humans

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Friendly robots, the ones people love to love, are quirky: R2-D2, C-3PO, WALL-E, BB-8, Marvin, Roz and Baymax. They’re emotional, prone to panic or bossy, empathetic and able to ...

Nvidia’s head of autonomous driving opens up about his plan to beat Waymo and Tesla

Xinzhou Wu says you don’t need millions of miles of driving data to beat Tesla. All you need are the right sensors and an AI system that can actually reason. Xinzhou Wu says you don’t need millions of ...

Zoox plans to put its robotaxis on the Uber app in Vegas this year

The purpose-built robotaxis will be available on Uber's app in Las Vegas this year, and Los Angeles next year, if Zoox gets the federal approval it's been seeking.