These are autonomous robots that deliver home – El Financiero

The next time you ask for food using application delivery Just Eat London , do not be surprised if it brings to your door a small six-wheeled robot.

Just Eat , listed on the London stock exchange, will join the German retailer Metro AG , the logistics company Hermes group and startup British food delivery Soon Technology in the group of companies doing testing deliveries robots they handled alone.

Starship Technologies , the manufacturer of androids, said Wednesday that Just Eat and Soon use the robots in London while Metro and Hermes will do in Dusseldorf, Germany, and Bern, Switzerland, as in other German city undisclosed.

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The robot Starship Technologies

Created by two co-founders of Skype, Starship, which is based in London and its research and development office engineering in Tallinn, Estonia, the company was testing their robots in 12 countries the last nine months. It will be the first time that companies use technology to deliver orders truth to paying customers.

Allan Martinson , the maximum reponsable operations Starship, said in a telephone interview testing each company will comprise a fleet of five to ten robots in one or two areas of each city.

He also said that Starship probably announce more customers, including some in the United States, in a matter of months.

Small robots designed to operate on sidewalks rather than on the streets, they make deliveries within 3.2 to 4.8 kilometers. They can carry loads up to 9.07 kilos at a maximum speed of 6.4 kilometers per hour.

Starship operate in the name of the first customers and monitor their progress remotely, ready to manage them remotely if they encounter situations that can not manage autonomous driving mode. During the tests, the robots were crossed with more than 400 thousand people without suffering a single accident, the company said.

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The robot Starship in Washington DC

Ahti Heinla , co-founder, CEO and chief technology Starship, said in a statement that these pilot programs with customers were “the next stage” in the development of robotic delivery company. “Now we will acquire the knowledge to direct real services robotized delivery,” he said.

“We are always looking for ways to use technology to make life easier for customers life,” he said David Buttress , the head of Just Eat, in a statement.

“Starship is at the forefront of innovation in the field of deliveries, therefore, it is natural that we partner with them to bring robots delivery to major streets our cities “.