While you might think the drones would be used for long-distance travel, instead they’ll likely be used for more local deliveries, at least for the time being. The drones will have rotating wings with six rotors and will be able to take off and land vertically, Techcrunch reports.
Uber unveiled the design for the drones at the Forbes 30 under 30 summit. Nuro’s driverless delivery pod greenlighted for California trialĪlong with announcing Uber Cash Monday, Uber shared a few more details about its plans to bring drone delivery to Uber Eats. Grubhub to merge with Europe’s Just Eat Takeaway after failed Uber talks Uber’s grocery delivery service expands to more than 400 cities and townsĬheck out Amazon’s newly unveiled electric delivery truck Uber has also partnered with Motional to deliver food in Santa Monica, California, using a self-driving version of Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 SUV.Īmazon’s Scout robot appears to have made its last delivery The service will start later this year in parts of Phoenix, Arizona, where Waymo already offers robotaxi rides for paying passengers through its Waymo One app. In another mark of Uber’s continuing interest in autonomous technology, the company recently revealed that Waymo’s robotaxis will soon be bookable via Uber’s own ridesharing app. The autonomous, sensor-laden vehicle has a top speed of 7 mph (about 11 kph) and contains a small meal-carrying compartment that’s unlocked by the customer when it arrives at its destination.Ĭommenting on the expanded deal with Uber, Ali Kashani, co-founder and CEO of Serve Robotics, described it as a “major step towards mass commercialization of robotics for autonomous delivery,” adding that he’s keen to “bring this innovative technology to more cities across the country.” Serve’s waist-high robots, which resemble in many ways those operated by Starship Technologies and Ottonomy, tootle along the sidewalk on four wheels and can work for pretty much a whole day on a single charge of its incorporated battery. Originally founded in 2017 as part of Postmates’ robotics unit, Serve was spun off as an independent startup in 2021 following Uber’s acquisition of Postmates a year earlier. It’s not yet clear which locations will host the new meal-delivery robots, though San Jose, Dallas, and Vancouver are reportedly prime candidates. Uber is on the verge of buying Postmates, report claims
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