DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Starships Self-Driving Delivery Robot
In terms of the ResearchAndMarkets . com report , Harris-Burland points to 2025 as “ a very good time horizon on when we will start seeing genuinely , truly ultra-low cost delivery robots and other types of robotics .
“ Take our robots ( in the UK ) for example , we ’ re aiming for £ 1 on-demand deliveries in say 15 to 30 minutes . When we can get to those drastic reductions I think we will see explosive growth , as that report says .”
Starship ’ s robots currently go at 4mph and they are working on increasing that speed as the lack of it limits the radius the machines can cover .
Harris-Burland is in no doubt that the robotics food delivery industry is about to explode , citing the fact that 20 other companies have now started up to compete against Starship in the last couple of years or so . “ I think delivery robots will become more of a common sight on more pavements and sidewalks around the world . I think as a trend , and that will be potentially a number of companies , not just Starship . People may start seeing different types of delivery robots as a
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