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Amazon's Zoox partners with Uber to offer its robotaxis on the Uber app, starting in Las Vegas in late 2026 and expanding to LA in 2027; Zoox needs US approval (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/zoox-plans-…

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

Waymo Giving DoorDash Drivers Money to Help Shut Robotaxi Doors - Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/waymo-doordash-pay-drivers-shut-robotaxi-doors-2026-2

Größtes deutsches Gym für humanoide Roboter entsteht in München
Mit KI-unterstütztem Training im RoboGym wollen TU München und NEURA Robotics künftig Humanoide und andere Roboter für Alltagssituationen fit machen.

Waymo begins deploying its next-gen Ojai robotaxis, which it says can better navigate in harsh weather, starting with employees and their guests in SF and LA (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/waymo-begins-deploying-next-gen-ojai-…

Waymo begins deploying next-gen Ojai robotaxis to extend its U.S. lead
The company is preparing to expand in several new cities in 2026.

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe's Mind Robotics, which is building AI-powered factory robots, raised $500M led by Accel and a16z, source says at a $2B valuation (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/…

Haply Robotics: haptische Schnittstelle für Robotik
Haply Robotics zeigt auf der CES 2026 ein haptisches Eingabesystem mit Kraft- und Positionsfeedback, das Gamecontroller in Labor und Industrie ersetzen soll.
https://w…

Niantic Spatial partners with Coco Robotics to integrate a visual positioning system trained on data from Pokemon Go and Ingress into a fleet of delivery robots (Will Douglas Heaven/MIT Technology Review)
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/1

How Pokémon Go is giving delivery robots an inch-perfect view of the world
Niantic's AI spinout is training a new world model using 30 billion images of urban landmarks crowdsourced from players.

Auf Expansionskurs: Amazons Zoox testet Robotaxis in Dallas und Phoenix
Nach San Francisco und Las Vegas baut die Amazon-Tochter Zoox ihr Robotertaxi-Angebot weiter aus. Künftig ist das Unternehmen in zehn US-Metropolen vertreten.

Uber partners with Nissan and Wayve to offer robotaxi services in Tokyo, its first autonomous-vehicle partnership in Japan, with a pilot planned for late 2026 (Kosaku Narioka/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/b…

Qualcomm unveils the Arduino Ventuno Q, a single-board computer for AI and robotics applications, powered by Dragonwing IQ8 processor and 16GB of RAM (Steve Dent/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/ai/qualcomms-new-ard…

Qualcomm's new Arduino Ventuno Q is an AI-focused computer designed for robotics
Qualcomm, which purchased microcontroller board manufacturer Arduino last year, just announced a new computer that marries AI with robotics.