Alex Bitter writes that DoorDash is employing gig workers to manually load orders into its Dot delivery robots because the machines cannot navigate the gap between restaurant counters and curbsides. This pilot program aims to support merchants during busy periods while creating new earning opportunities for Dashers as companies work around current automation limitations.
- The Dot robot holds up to 30 pounds of cargo and is roughly the size of a baby stroller.
- Waymo has previously used human workers in Atlanta to close doors on self-driving cars.
- The Dot robot holds up to 30 pounds of cargo and is roughly the size of a baby stroller.
- Waymo has previously used human workers in Atlanta to close doors on self-driving cars.
Nexar benchmarks Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro against other Vision-Language Models (VLMs) using a dataset of real-world driving incident videos, highlighting a significant improvement in incident detection.
