Delivery robot

[3] In April 2018, Starship Technologies launched its groceries delivery service in Milton Keynes, England, in partnership with supermarket chains Co-op and Tesco.

[8] By November 2020, said Starship Technologies, Milton Keynes had the "world's largest autonomous robot fleet".

[9] Early 2022 saw the opening of Nourish + Bloom, the first African American-owned autonomous grocery store in the world.

The new store processes transactions using computer vision equipment in tandem with artificial intelligence-based voice and gesture technology.

[10] That startup, which is based in Philomath, Oregon, and raising investments through a crowdfunding campaign, has developed a unit that can travel up to 10 miles at 4 mph and has a temperature-controlled cargo space.

[14][15] In Israel, Sheba Medical Center uses delivery robots to shuttle chemotherapy drugs prepared by the pharmacy department directly to the nurses to cut down the waiting time.

[18] A number of companies are actively using small robots to do the last-mile delivery of small packages such as food and groceries just using the pedestrian areas of the road and travelling at speed comparable with a fast walking pace, companies actively delivering include: Being autonomous, the delivery robots primarily interact with the general public without the assistance of a human operator, in both positive and negative encounters.

[21] However, the vast majority of human interactions are positive, and many people have anthropomorphized the robots due to their appearance.