Get ready to share pavements with stocky little delivery bots
They’ll soon flood the US streets and Yandex is joining the game
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Ioanna is a writer at TNW. She covers the full spectrum of the European tech ecosystem, with a particular interest in startups, sustainabili(show all)Ioanna is a writer at TNW. She covers the full spectrum of the European tech ecosystem, with a particular interest in startups, sustainability, green tech, AI, and EU policy. With a background in the humanities, she has a soft spot for social impact-enabling technologies.
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Yandex and Grubhub will have A LOT of competition
Ethics aside, the US in on the verge of the “short-bot” revolution, and Yandex’s autonomous delivery rover isn’t the first of its kind.
There’sAmazon’s six-wheeled delivery robot:
Here’s theStarship, another autonomous six-wheeler:
AndNuro’s bot:
Andthe three-wheeler from Refraction AI:
So yes, the US is entering the era of the lunch-, dinner-, grocery-mini bots, and who knows what’s coming next. It’s definitely exciting to see how autonomous vehicles will become part of our lives, but let’s not neglect humans during this transition.
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