Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.83
May 16, 2024
…adtech startup, and Starship Technologies, a provider of autonomous delivery vehicles, announced a partnership in support of the national “Love, Your Mind” campaign. The new partnership expands Nickelytics’ work in robotics by launching an advertising campaign on two campuses where Starship operates, the University of Utah and UCLA. The partnership demonstrates a way for brands and advertisers to connect directly with college student populations, integrating into their daily lives. The goal of the partnership is to expand to all 50 campuses that Starship services. Starship Technologies operates at 80 global locations and has completed more than 6 million deliveries. To…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.81
April 13, 2021
…launched Kiwibot 4.0, a semi-autonomous mobile robot for food deliveries. The Berkeley, Calif.-based company made its announcement with a YouTube video complete with an anime-style introduction, musical clips, and a lightsaber battle (see below). Students at the University of California, Berkeley, have given the robot user ratings of up to 4.6 and have even dressed up as Kiwibots for Halloween, said Arya Anand, head of user research at Kiwibot. More seriously, Kiwibot also announced partnerships with Segway, Knight Foundation, Chick-fil-A, and Shopify. The company said it has built more than 400 Kiwibots and completed more than 150,000 food deliveries to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.74
November 03, 2021
…to support further development and deployment of its autonomous delivery service across the U.S. Financial and strategic investors included Google, Kroger, and SoftBank. “We’re thrilled to have the backing of these prominent investors and world-class companies, and honored that they support our vision of improving communities and revitalizing local commerce,” said Dave Ferguson, co-founder and president of Nuro. “We believe this investment will allow us to accelerate our commercialization strategy and better everyday life with Nuro’s technology.” Mountain View, Calif.-based Nuro said its custom electric autonomous vehicles are designed to bring everything from produce to prescriptions right to customers' homes.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.49
December 20, 2021
As robotic deliveries proliferate across college campuses and urban areas, so too are the companies building such systems. Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions Inc. last week announced that its Robotic Assistance Devices Mobile Inc. subsidiary plans to produce an intelligent autonomous delivery vehicle based on its ROAMEO technology. “Developing this product is something that we’ve wanted to greenlight for some time, and I’m thrilled to be able to make the official announcement,” said Steve Reinharz, CEO of Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions (AITX). “ROAMEO was built as a platform with this and other applications in mind. It will be exciting to see…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.38
November 08, 2016
…the company has automated many kilometers of production floor deliveries, allowing workers to remain productive and producing a return on investment within one year. Previously, an employee had to push a trolley from place to place throughout the facility, a monotonous chore for highly paid manual laborers. “It is costly when internal transport costs man-hours,” says René Hannibaldsen, production manager at Scan A/S. “It challenges a company like ours because we are based in a country with high labor costs. Automation of internal transport is therefore an obvious way for us to improve throughput and boost our competitiveness.” Capable of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.38
April 23, 2023
Building on a successful pilot of autonomous deliveries in Miami, Florida, Uber Technologies, Inc. and Cartken, an AI-powered robotics company, on Thursday announced an expansion of their partnership to include food deliveries via automated robots in Fairfax, Virginia. Uber Eats consumers at Mosaic District will have the opportunity to have orders delivered by Cartken’s self-driving robot. Uber and Cartken will begin operating with select merchants at Mosaic District, a shopping and dining district owned and operated by EDENS. At launch, merchants like Our Mom Eugenia, Pupatella, and RASA, will participate in the program. “Our team at Cartken is excited to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.07
July 01, 2021
Drone delivery provider Zipline Inc. yesterday said it has raised $250 million in financing. The San Francisco-based company claimed that it “operates the world's largest automated on-demand delivery service.” Zipline said it plans to use its latest funding to continue developing its integrated service and expand into new industries and locations. “At Zipline, our mission is to create the first logistics company that serves all humans equally,” stated Keller Rinaudo, founder and CEO at Zipline. “Around the world, our partners are reimagining how patients access care with fast, reliable on-demand delivery.” Founded in 2014, Zipline said it has made more…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.05
January 30, 2023
Flytrex, a drone delivery provider, today announced its longtime partner Causey Aviation Unmanned Inc. was granted Standard Part 135 Air Carrier Certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). That move now allows Flytrex to operate and complete long-range on-demand commercial drone deliveries in the United States, the companies said. Tel Aviv, Israel-based Flytrex said it has spent years testing its drone delivery service and adheres to the highest safety standards. It operates drone delivery stations in North Carolina and Texas, which are in use daily. With this Part 135 Certification, Flytrex and CAU said they will further expand their drone…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.93
November 12, 2021
…without a safety driver behind the wheel in a delivery route for Walmart in Bentonville, Ark. The driverless deliveries are moving customer orders between a Walmart “dark store” and a Neighborhood Market with a fleet of multi-temperature autonomous box trucks. “Through our work with Gatik, we’ve identified that autonomous box trucks offer an efficient, safe, and sustainable solution for transporting goods on repeatable routes between our stores,” said Tom Ward, senior vice president of last mile at Walmart U.S. “We’re thrilled to be working with Gatik to achieve this industry-first, driverless milestone in our home state of Arkansas and look…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.81
April 20, 2022
…U.S. The companies said the service robots will perform deliveries, allowing staffers to focus on high-value tasks and improving the guest experience. “The robots contribute to the forward-thinking approach each Seaview property represents to our guests and gives us a competitive advantage in the markets we serve,” said Bob Combie, senior vice president of technology at Seaview Investors. “As we recover from the pandemic, the robots also provide contact-free room-service delivery, which many guests appreciate.” Established in 2006, Seaview manages and operates a diverse portfolio of hotel properties, focusing on both full- and limited-service hotels. As the Newport Beach, Calif.-based…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.64
June 14, 2023
…Cleveron claimed its solutions help companies effectively reduce last-mile delivery costs, streamline parcel operations, and elevate the omnichannel customer experience. Over the past 15 years, Cleveron has equipped the world's largest retailers, grocers, and logistics companies with state-of-the-art parcel automation technology. Currently, Cleveron machines are deployed in 51 countries, serving a global customer base that includes industry leaders such as Inditex/Zara, H&M, IKEA, XXL, Falabella, and DHL. Designed for the last-mile Arti Kütt, CEO of Cleveron, said he is confident of the increasing demand for parcel lockers as a sustainable and cost-effective solution for last-mile deliveries. “Our projections show that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.54
October 07, 2022
FedEx Corp. is shutting down its robotic same-day delivery service, according to an internal memo obtained by Robotics 24/7. In an e-mail sent to FedEx employees this week, Sriram Krishnasam, chief transformation officer at FedEx, said the company was eliminating Roxo, the FedEx Sameday Bot, as part of an internal organizational program called DRIVE. Amazon.com Inc. also announced this week that it is scaling back its own robot delivery service. “Although robotics and automation are key pillars of our innovation strategy, Roxo did not meet necessary near-term value requirements for DRIVE,” Krishnasam wrote. “Although we are ending the research and…
