leader in the robotic commercial food deliveries space , is now using machines in countries around the world to deliver food with international partners including Domino ’ s , Wolt , Foodora , Just Eat , DoorDash and Postmates . The company ’ s robots have covered over 100,000 miles in 100 cities and 20 countries , including during testing , and they ’ ve met over 10mn pedestrians on sidewalks and pavements around the world . Starship ’ s VP of Marketing Henry Harris- Burland says the reason for the rise of robotics in the industry is simple .
“ I would put it down
to increasing efficiency , which is another way of saying decreasing costs ,” he explains . “ As the cost of robotics comes down and once it starts getting lower than humans , then as long as these robots can offer the same service level , if not better , it becomes less of a speculative decision and more of a common-sense decision . That ’ s why I think we are going to see explosive growth when robotics in the food industry can start decreasing costs , and matching or doing better than human costs .”
48 June 2018