Autonomous cars? Sure. But autonomous bikes and scooters? It sounds outlandish, but not outlandish enough for Uber.
The idea of dockless, electric bicycles and scooters that can ride themselves to a charging station or a more optimal pickup spot certainly sounds useful on the surface. But whether this is a technology that Uber is actually developing is still unclear. Over the weekend, a robotics expert outed the project before the ride-hailing company was ready to publicly discuss it.
Chris Anderson, chief executive of robotics firm 3D Robotics, tweeted that a representative from Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group, which oversees the…
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