Pokemon Go players unknowingly built a massive image database now used to train robots

Each robot employs multiple cameras to perceive its surrounding environment, matching those visual inputs against Niantic ...

Pokémon Go Data Is Now Helping Delivery Robots Find Their Way

Nearly ten years after the launch of Pokémon Go turned everyday streets and parks into digital playgrounds, the massive trove ...

Autonomous Delivery Robots Expand Onto City Streets Arabian Post

Autonomous Delivery Robots Expand Onto City Streets Arabian Post. Autonomous delivery robots are beginning to move beyond ...

Pokemon Go users unknowingly created dataset of 30 billion images that was used to train delivery robots

Back in 2016, an interesting trend was gripping India. Niantic’s Pokemon Go, a mobile game, sent people running in the streets and parks to catch their favourite pokemon. The game used augmented ...