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07-06-2016, 12:33 PM
Self-driving robots to start delivering packages in the UK, Germany and Switzerland
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Citizens of London in the UK, Hamburg and Düsseldorf in Germany, and Bern in Switzerland will soon be able to order packages, groceries and food and have it delivered by a self-driving robot.*
Starting in July, it's a test program by robot maker Starship Tech**logies (https://www.starship.xyz/) (co-founded by Skype co-founders Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis), an Estonian startup who has partnered with several food and package delivery companies to make the program a reality.*
SEE ALSO: Robots and self-driving trucks could be the future of mail (http://mashable.com/2016/06/09/australia-robots-mail/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Currently the partners include London food delivery startup Pronto.co.uk, (http://pronto.co.uk/) European food delivery company Just Eat, German package delivery firm Hermes and German retailer Metro Group. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/06/robot-delivery-uk/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Starship Tech**logies (http://mashable.com/category/starship-tech**logies/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Uk (http://mashable.com/category/uk/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Self Driving Robots (http://mashable.com/category/self-driving-robots/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Delivery (http://mashable.com/category/delivery/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Robot (http://mashable.com/category/robot/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/ReUJxsYpnR4
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Citizens of London in the UK, Hamburg and Düsseldorf in Germany, and Bern in Switzerland will soon be able to order packages, groceries and food and have it delivered by a self-driving robot.*
Starting in July, it's a test program by robot maker Starship Tech**logies (https://www.starship.xyz/) (co-founded by Skype co-founders Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis), an Estonian startup who has partnered with several food and package delivery companies to make the program a reality.*
SEE ALSO: Robots and self-driving trucks could be the future of mail (http://mashable.com/2016/06/09/australia-robots-mail/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Currently the partners include London food delivery startup Pronto.co.uk, (http://pronto.co.uk/) European food delivery company Just Eat, German package delivery firm Hermes and German retailer Metro Group. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/06/robot-delivery-uk/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Starship Tech**logies (http://mashable.com/category/starship-tech**logies/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Uk (http://mashable.com/category/uk/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Self Driving Robots (http://mashable.com/category/self-driving-robots/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Delivery (http://mashable.com/category/delivery/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Robot (http://mashable.com/category/robot/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/ReUJxsYpnR4