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Aren't the "first meters" also pretty problematic? Are Waymos going to double park in front of a restaurant waiting for someone to come out and put the right or
by rkomorn 1y ago
Aren't the "first meters" also pretty problematic? Are Waymos going to double park in front of a restaurant waiting for someone to come out and put the right order in the right vehicle?
- WorldPeas 1y agoThat's easier to do with training, and the business is usually more willing than a consumer as it increases their business. Anecdotally, see how many of them (at least locally to myself) have adopted the doordash/grubhub tablets in their kitchen ordering system. I imagine it would be a co-packing situation with lockers on wheels similar to the vehicle KFC uses in China: https://www.mashed.com/284555/the-futuristic-way-kfc-is-selling-food-in-china/ https://www.mashed.com/284555/the-futuristic-way-kfc-is-sell... Uber's NURO seems to be developing a vehicle with a similar form factor as seen on this page: https://www.nuro.ai/first-responders https://www.nuro.ai/first-responders EDIT: see comment below, uber does not own NURO
- AlotOfReading 1y agoNuro is an independent company from Uber, the latter just has a partnership with and some investment in the former. Uber has similar relationships with more than half the industry at this point.
- rkomorn 1y agoMy anecdotal evidence also has so many incorrect orders that I'm a wee bit less optimistic than you about restaurant-side human handling of the first meters. :)
- Dylan16807 1y agoA lot of restaurants already have dedicated parking spots where they'll bring the food out.
- rkomorn 1y agoI feel like that's already quite special-case-y. Certainly wouldn't apply to anywhere near where I currently live (then again, neither does Waymo).