Rossen Reports: Watch these new food delivery robots in action
Robots aren바카라 게임 웹사이트t just in the movies anymore. Major companies are testing out robots and high-tech machines that will help you in your everyday life. They바카라 게임 웹사이트re delivering everything from a pizza, your groceries, food, even packages.
Watch the video above: Our Chief National Consumer Correspondent Jeff Rossen got the chance to see some of these robots in action. Check it out!
These four machines are changing the delivery game:
Starship Robots
Food delivery just became easier and faster with these robots from a tech company called . The autonomous robots are designed to carry food and groceries from stores and restaurants to wherever you are.
Here바카라 게임 웹사이트s how it works: You place an order on the Starship app from one of the restaurants or stores in your area. Once completed, your order is placed in the robot and sent off to your location. It travels at 4 miles per hour, crossing streets and climbing curbs in the rain and the snow. You can watch on the app as it travels. Starship바카라 게임 웹사이트s Joe Maloney says the robot has a 바카라 게임 웹사이트situational awareness bubble바카라 게임 웹사이트 around it, featuring 10 cameras, ultrasonic sensors and radars to detect obstacles and stop at a safe distance from whatever obstacle that may be. Once it gets to you, you use your app to open the robot and get your order. The robot then drives back to its hub to be cleaned and sanitized.
and its Sodexo implemented the robots on its campus. BSU바카라 게임 웹사이트s Vice President of Operations, Karen Jason, says she thinks these innovative robots are the future of delivery. They바카라 게임 웹사이트re working so well that they바카라 게임 웹사이트ve put up signs on campus to remind cars not to bother stopping for the robots because they바카라 게임 웹사이트ll already be stopping for you!
The robots can do some grocery shopping as well. They can carry about 20 pounds of goods, which is about 2-3 shopping bags.
Right now, these robots are in several neighborhoods (not just across the country, but across the world) and on 15 college campuses and counting. Those campuses include:
- Bridgewater State University
- George Mason University
- Northern Arizona University
- Purdue University
- University of Wisconsin
- UT-Dallas
- University of Houston
- Bowling Green State University (BGSU)
- University of Mississippi (Ole Miss)
- Oregon State University
- Georgia Southern University
- Arizona State University (ASU)
- James Madison University
- UC-Irvine
- UCLA
UPS Aircrafts
UPS has a new fleet of electric vertical takeoff and landing aircrafts (eVTOL) from Beta Technologies. These aircrafts are a cross between an airplane and a helicopter. They fly up to 250 miles at 170 miles per hour on a single battery charge. They can carry 3,000 pounds of packages. UPS is aiming to make deliveries faster.
UPS says these aircrafts have the capability to take off and land directly on their properties, making them perfect for moving smaller loads that would otherwise fly to and from airports on small aircrafts or take even longer by ground. You might be seeing these in the skies soon; UPS will start flying in 2024.
Domino바카라 게임 웹사이트s Self-Driving Car
Domino바카라 게임 웹사이트s Pizza is testing a self-driving delivery car made by Nuro. It바카라 게임 웹사이트s completely autonomous 바카라 게임 웹사이트 no driver inside. Customers can place their order online or on the app, choosing the robot delivery option.
A Domino바카라 게임 웹사이트s worker places the order inside the vehicle and it바카라 게임 웹사이트s off to the delivery location. The customer receives texts with updates on the car's location as well. When the car arrives, the customer punches in a numerical code that was sent to them to open the locked car. Then it바카라 게임 웹사이트s time to eat!
Right now, the robot delivery is being tested in neighborhoods around Houston, Texas, but it could be coming to your hometown soon!
Ford and Digit
Ford Motor Company is upping the delivery game with a new way to bring deliveries from the curbside to your doorstep. The automaker purchased robots from Agility Robotics called Digit. This robot has legs, a torso, even arms!
The two companies have partnered to explore new ways to help commercial vehicle customers, including autonomous vehicle businesses, make warehousing and delivery more efficient and affordable for their customers. Let바카라 게임 웹사이트s give you an example. After ordering something online, your package arrives in one of Ford바카라 게임 웹사이트s autonomous vehicles. Digit then unfolds out of the vehicle, grabs your package, maneuvers up the sidewalk (dodging things on the ground and even people) and gently places your package at your doorstep.