[melkiaur]

> My guess is that Uber simply wants to maintain some hope of future growth, particularly with their autonomous car program in shambles.

They also benefit from future free advertising. Everytime you'll see a bit of news talking about autonomous drones, flying taxis, or the like, you can bet that the writer will mention Uber, thus giving them free Brand recognition. The same happened with Amazon's delivery drones, or Uber self driving cabs.

[paulific]

I missread that as "self driving crabs" and now I want to see that. :-)

[ben_w]

You jest, but cybernetic implants to remote control cockroaches and flying beetles is a thing, and even normal people can buy the former (RoboRoach Bundle is about US$160), so I wouldn’t be very surprised if someone makes a crab-based delivery cyborg.

[stefanpl]

Wow. That's actually mind blowing... I never would have thought that neural interfacing could be so cheap and affordable

[opencl]

Neural interfacing is not that complicated. It's just a microcontroller with two of the GPIO pins connected to antenna nerves, at most $5 worth of hardware.

[TeMPOraL]

In similar fashion, you can "mind control" a cat with a laser pointer.

[taneq]

Um, all crabs are self driving when alive.