Glossary / General

robot taxi

8 Episode Mentions

Too Afraid to Ask

A robot taxi is like a regular taxi, but the driver is replaced by a computer. You can book it and sit back while it takes you to your destination.

Technical Definition

A robot taxi is a self‑driving vehicle that provides on‑demand transportation services, similar to traditional taxis but operated without a human driver.

Hear It Discussed

"Think Uber, and it's now gaining a purpose-built robot taxi rather than an off-the-shelf car that then gets retrofit."
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"Tesla writes, “we continued to make meaningful progress on the build out of the infrastructure and AI software that underpins our robot taxi and future robotics businesses in Q1.”"
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"And now I guess what we see in a Waymo vehicle in a robot taxi..."
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