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Coco Robotics, a Los Angeles-based startup renowned for its last-mile delivery robots, has established a new physical AI research lab led by UCLA professor Bolei Zhou. This initiative aims to leverage five years’ worth of data collected from millions of miles traversed by Coco’s bots to advance their autonomous capabilities. Co-founders Zach Rash and Brad Squicciarini, both UCLA alums, highlighted Zhou’s expertise in robot navigation and reinforcement learning as pivotal to this new venture. The lab will utilize the data to enhance Coco Robotics’ automation and efficiency, focusing on reducing delivery costs and improving service quality. The collaboration with Zhou, a globally recognized AI researcher, is expected to accelerate advancements in Coco’s AI technology, ultimately enabling their robots to adapt to varied urban environments.