Uber said to be working on autonomous scooters and bikes for some reason
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…
