Food Magazine June 2018 | Page 51

four wheels , is either gas guzzling or partly-hybrid or electric , taking up road space for a 10-inch pizza . That ’ s insane . We are seeing regulators seeking solutions from this growing of car traffic by last mile delivery errands and us doing our own deliveries . That ’ s another reason why we ’ re seeing huge growth in this industry .”
Is it possible we could see robots like Flippy merging or working in tandem with the delivery robots ? “ You may see in the future an ecosystem where a pizza making robot is actually handing off the pizza to the delivery robot which is outside ,” Harris-Burland adds . “ Or you may even see sort of totally autonomous delivery system , and the only human in the mix is the end consumer who has made the order and then has got the food , which I think is quite exciting . However , I don ’ t see that happening in the immediate future .”
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