23-03-2019 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com

How Nuro plans to spend Softbank’s $940 million

Autonomous delivery startup Nuro is bursting with ideas since SoftBank invested nearly $1 billion in February, new filings reveal.A recent patent application details how its R1 self-driving vehicle could carry smaller robots to cross lawns or climb stairs to drop off packages. The company has even taken the step of trademarking the name “Fido” for delivery services.
“We think there’s something neat about that name,” Nuro founder Dave Ferguson told TechCrunch. &ldquo
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