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

Niantic Spatial, the team behind Pokémon Go, partnered with Coco Robotics to power delivery robots using its Visual Positioning System (VPS), trained on over 30 billion images captured by Pokémon Go players. Players unknowingly contributed 3D mapping data through gameplay and location scanning features, which Niantic repurposed for centimeter-accurate robot navigation where GPS falls short.