SMRTR Science & EngineeringMar 16, 2026Hacker News

'Pokémon Go' players unknowingly trained delivery robots with 30B images

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Niantic used 30 billion Pokémon Go player images to train a visual positioning system that helps Coco Robotics' delivery robots navigate city streets where GPS signals fail.

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