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

US video game developer Niantic has revealed that its Pokemon Go players have helped create a huge dataset of more than 30 ...

Each robot employs multiple cameras to perceive its surrounding environment, matching those visual inputs against Niantic ...

Pokémon Go is a smartphone game that blends the real and digital worlds, tasking players with exploring their neighborhoods ...

The creator of augmented reality hit Pokemon GO, Niantic, reveals that player data has been used to help train delivery ...

Niantic Spatial, a spinout of the game maker behind the mobile phenomenon, is putting all that AR creature-catching data to interesting use.

The data collected by the AR games now consists of more than 30 billion images captured from different angles, times of day, ...

What started as a simple mobile game in 2016 is now helping machines navigate cities with precision. The millions of Pokémon Go players roaming cities and other places unknowingly created ...

Will an association with that game everyone played a little bit in 2016 help keep the bots from getting lost and beat up?

Over 10 years of Pokémon GO location mapping data is being used to help power Coco Robotics' autonomous couriers, helping ...

Niantic’s spatial AI, built partly from optional scans submitted through its AR games, is now helping delivery robots ...