A 30-billion-image dataset built by players over the last decade is now being used to train an AI navigation system ...

How Niantic Spatial is turning a decade of 30 billion crowdsourced photos and data into the most precise urban navigation ...

A massive databse built by players of Pokémon Go is now being used Coco Robotics to help its street delivery robots better ...

If you played Pokémon Go, there's a chance you helped with the development of training robots and AI.

Coco Robotics says its Coco 2 delivery robot can reach 13 mph on streets and bike lanes, using Niantic Spatial mapping to improve navigation in dense cities.

A database generated by players of the popular augmented reality mobile game Pokémon Go is now being used to help street delivery robots navigate cities, AzerNEWS reports, citing foreign media.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Coco Robotics describes its delivery bots, pictured in 2023, as being "weather proof" and "engineered for efficient city travel." ...

The early augmented reality smartphone app prompted hundreds of millions of players to wander into parks, parking lots, and even dimly lit alleyways, peering through their phone cameras in search of ...

Niantic's AI spinout is training a new world model using 30 billion images of urban landmarks crowdsourced from players.

Niantic Spatial, an AI spinout formed in 2025, has turned years of mobile gaming data into what it describes as a ...