Uber Food Delivery Drones Are Swooping In
Uber is set to begin its first consumer tests of delivering food by drones as part of a pilot program with the City of San Diego and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). With all the ongoing drone news and updates from Amazon to Domino’s Pizza and many others,...
Robots Boost Breakfast in Campus Bot Blitz
A herd of robots have been delivering food around Virginia’s George Mason University since January and robot manufacturer Starship is ready to release some insights from the test. According to a release from the company, the 25,000-person test showed that convenient...
Eatsa technology to Power Virtual Restaurant in Singapore
Eatsa, a technology provider in the restaurant space known for its novel “automat-like” digital cubbies for food pickup, has moved into the virtual restaurant space. In a partnership with Deliveroo, a UK-based food delivery company, the firm will now power a virtual...
FedEx Unveils Autonomous Delivery Bot
Delivery logistics giant FedEx announced what it calls the SameDay Bot, an autonomous delivery robot aimed at retailers wanting to make same-day and last-mile deliveries. With the bot, which resembles a trash compactor-Opportunity rover hybrid, retailers can accept...
Postmates Introduces ‘Serve,’ Its Robotic Delivery Rover
Noting it’s the “first autonomous vehicle created from the ground up by an on-demand delivery company,” Postmates unveiled a robot dubbed “Serve,” which it calls a rover and plans to debut on the sidewalks of Los Angeles. That launch, the company points out,...
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