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How are these solved problems when robot deliveries on sidewalks are a new phenomenon? Also, what other cities?
by miltonlost 10mo ago
How are these solved problems when robot deliveries on sidewalks are a new phenomenon? Also, what other cities?
- Fricken 10mo agoThey aren't that new. Starship Technologies, founded in 2014, has performed over 9 million deliveries across 270 locations.
- exasperaited 10mo agoThat’s… not many at all, really. You could do it in a year with ninety deliveries per day per location (well, 92). Assuming a dozen robots per location, that's less than eight deliveries per day per robot (and even that might be beyond their upper bound, actually, given their speed and range). But then they didn't do it all in one year. So… it doesn't feel like a stretch. Given how many will be recurring customers with recurring journey routes, it feels barely enough to encounter all the possible unique problems.
- Fricken 10mo agoStarship is just one company. There are dozens in the west. In China there are hundreds of sidewalk delivery robot start-ups. We're not talking about all the "Possible unique problems", we're just talking about the really obvious ones that are easy to think up .
- yieldcrv 10mo agoBy new you mean half a decade? Los Angeles, including Santa Monica, LA City, West Hollywood others Been around since 2020, multiple companies here They’ve all gone through several iterations, debates, and approvals to reach symbiosis
- phil21 10mo agoMy wife is nearing 40 and she had these things delivering food at her midwestern college town back when she was still in school. Limited rollout and obviously an ideal environment, but these things are nowhere near new.