'I never left': Travis Kalanick launches new robotics company Atoms with manifesto

Travis Kalanick launches Atoms, a new venture aiming to build a "wheelbase for robots."

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• Travis Kalanick launches Atoms, a new venture aiming to build a "wheelbase for robots."
• Atoms wants to build a platform for specialized industrial robots, not humanoid designs.
• Atoms is acquiring Pronto, an autonomous vehicle startup founded by Anthony Levandowski.

The former Uber CEO is venturing into robotics.

Travis Kalanick announced that...