Uberabandoned its self-driving car development efforts in 2020, but in recent weeks the company has been paying attention to its services. exploring autonomous technology elementsHe signaled that he was interested in continuing.
For example, this week, we’re rolling out Serve Robotics’ affiliation with Uber Eats to locations in the US and Canada starting later this year or early next year. Deploying 2,000 tiny delivery robots Turns out he was planning to expand.
The partnership currently covers a small-scale delivery service that started last year in a small part of Los Angeles, and more than 200 restaurants are now available to hungry customers. between 10 am and 9 pm can distribute.
Originally founded in 2017 as part of Postmates’ robotics unit, Serve has been around since Uber’s acquisition of Postmates a year ago. An independent initiative in 2021 as separated.
Similar in many ways to the robots powered by Starship Technologies and Ottonomi, Serve’s waist-high robots move across pavement on four wheels and can run almost all day on a single charge of its onboard battery.
Top speed of autonomous, sensor-loaded vehicle 7 mph (approximately 11 km/h) and includes a small food transport compartment that is unlocked by the customer upon arrival at the destination.