A Robot Service Delivery Or Robot Delivery Service

This post is taken from IZULAT blog repost here

Usually orders are delivered by a person to the doors of those who order something or a thing to business establishment like for example foods like burgers but to other countries the delivery person is not a person but a robot. Yes, a robot is delivering an order to the doors of those who order instead of a person or a delivery man. According to the news, the demand for contactless deliveries rises because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company behind this autonomous delivery service robots is the Starship Technologies.

“The autonomous robots, which can carry up to 20 pounds, could find a new customer base as people seek ways to get groceries and food without having to visit in person. Users place their order via the Starship Deliveries app and drop a pin where they want the delivery sent. The robot’s progress can be watched via an interactive map. Once the robot arrives, users receive an alert, and can then meet and unlock it through the app. The robots, which can cross streets, climb curbs, travel at night and operate in both rain and snow, are monitored remotely by Starship. Human operators can take control of the robots if needed.” (Tech Crunch)

“Starship Technologies robots have completed over 500,000 commercial autonomous deliveries in local neighbourhoods and university campuses across five countries. The retail giant said the most popular items delivered by robot included milk, eggs, bread, bananas and cucumbers.”(BM Magazine)

“Starship Technologies operates commercially on a daily basis around the world. Its robots have completed over 500,000 autonomous deliveries and crossed more than five million streets. The robots move at pedestrian speed and use a combination of sophisticated machine learning, artificial intelligence and sensors to travel on sidewalks and navigate around obstacles. The computer vision-based navigation helps the robots to map their environment to the nearest inch. The robots can cross streets, climb curbs, travel at night and operate in both rain and snow. A team of humans can also monitor their progress remotely and can take control at a moment’s notice.”(Save Mart)

“Starship Technologies is revolutionizing deliveries with autonomous robots. The robots are designed to deliver food, groceries and packages locally in minutes. The delivery robots have traveled hundreds of thousands of miles and met millions of people across 100 cities around the world. They drive autonomously but are monitored by humans who can take control at any time. Starship was founded by two Skype co-founders, Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis. Former AirBnB executive Lex Bayer is CEO.” (Save Mart)

The main point : Robot delivery service have risen a big demand because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the company Starship Technologies is on it which created the robots.