Just Eat, the world’s leading marketplace for online food delivery, and Starship Technologies have changed the face of home delivery by making the world’s first online food delivery using a self-driving robot in Greenwich, South East London.
Just Eat and Starship Technologies, who have designed and manufactured the six-wheel pavement droid, announced in July they were working together on the first of its kind pilot program. After five months of exhaustive testing in the area, the first live delivery signals the next step in this revolutionary pilot program which will see local Just Eat customers receive automated robot deliveries in Greenwich.
When Simone’s order was received by Taksim Meze, restaurant manager Ana Maria Stingaciu requested that a robot make the delivery – a local robot travelled to the restaurant while the meal was being prepared. Freshly cooked, Taksim Meze placed Simone’s order securely in the robot’s cargo hold and Simone then received a text message to let her know that her order was on route, with the robot. Ten minutes later, Simone received a text message with a unique link to open the cargo hold of the robot that was waiting at her door.
