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"Fortunately, fully automating the process of driving or running a restaurant is decades away." It's closer than you think. Dominos Australia is already trial
by SyneRyder 11y ago
"Fortunately, fully automating the process of driving or running a restaurant is decades away."
It's closer than you think. Dominos Australia is already trialling automated delivery (in Brisbane, I believe?) with their new DRU robots. [1][2] On the pro-human side, Dominos appear to be testing if people will pay extra for a human, under the guise of "For an extra $3, guaranteed delivery in 20 minutes." (The DRU robots have a top speed of 20km/hr currently.)
[1] https://www.dominos.com.au/inside-dominos/technology/dru https://www.dominos.com.au/inside-dominos/technology/dru
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb0nxQyv7RU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb0nxQyv7RU
[3] https://www.dominos.com.au/inside-dominos/technology/delivery-guarantee https://www.dominos.com.au/inside-dominos/technology/deliver...
- benashford 11y agoThere was something about that video that makes me think DRU isn't a serious proposition; and even if it were, it isn't yet being used for actual deliveries. This is a common theme with new technology. The sceptics always claim "it's decades away", the enthusiasts always claim "it's nearly here - look!" But what usually happens is something in between. Essentially both are right, some stepping-stone will launch or be trialled, but it takes decades to be refined to the point where it actually delivers on the hype that was "real soon now" way back when; and by the time that happens, everyone has got used to it so the milestone passes without anyone noticing. In the case of automatic vehicles I don't know when that clock started ticking, so I don't really know how far along we really are.
- rasz_pl 11y agoyou linked to early April fools joke ...