Uber and GM’s Cruise announced what they’re calling a “multiyear strategic partnership” on Thursday to offer driverless vehicles for hire—often called robotaxis—on the Uber platform. And while there are still a lot of things we don’t know about the program, ...

Without a lifetime of experience to build on like humans have (and totally take for granted), robots that want to learn a new skill often have to start from scratch. Reinforcement learning is a technique that lets robots learn new ...