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People are leaving a lot of weird stuff in their robotaxis

The Verge · Jun 2, 2026, 12:00 PM

A unicorn Beanie Baby. A 15-pound green bowling ball. A pair of dentures. These are just some of the items left behind in robotaxis in the past year, according to Uber's annual Lost and Found Index. For the first time, the company is expanding its annual of accounting of things forgotten in Uber vehicles to include self-driving cars because, for the first time, Uber has enough self-driving cars on its platform to matter. Uber doesn't deploy its own robotaxis, but in the last few years it's become a clearinghouse for driverless car companies that want access to Uber's millions of customers. Here in the US, that includes Waymo (in Austin a … Read the full story at The Verge.

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