by Nancy Luna | Jul 22, 2024 | Automation, News
When it comes to robotics in the restaurant industry, early innovation focused-on food delivery and robot food runners. But lately, delivery robots and drones have taken a back seat as restaurants turn to back of the house automation to save on labor costs. Indie...
by Beth Signarovitz | Feb 21, 2024 | Automation, News, News Briefs
Autonomous sidewalk robots will soon provide food deliveries in Japan thanks to a new partnership between Uber Eats Japan, Mitsubishi Electric and Cartken. Deliveries are expected to begin in part of Tokyo by the end of March 2024, via Cartken’s “Model C” robot....
by Tom Kaiser | Dec 6, 2023 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Heads up next time you order a meal from Uber Eats, as the delivery provider announced that Robot Reindeer will be delivering meals in a handful of locations across the country between now and the end of December. Dressed up with bright red noses and what appear to...
by Tom Kaiser | Apr 20, 2023 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Robotic sidewalk deliveries are coming to Fairfax, Virginia, in the outer Washington, D.C. exurbs, as Uber and Cartken expand their existing partnership. Uber Eats consumers in the city’s walkable Mosaic District can now have their orders delivered by Cartken’s...
by Tom Kaiser | Dec 15, 2022 | Briefs, News, Third-Party Delivery
Uber Technologies has partnered with Cartken to bring automated deliveries to Miami. Starting today, Uber and Cartken will begin operating with select merchants in the Dadeland area of Miami-Dade County with plans to expand in Miami-Dade and to additional cities in...