Some months ago we learned that Starship Technologies they began testing their robots. Once this period has ended, we know that they finally and after demonstrating their capabilities, apparently they already have their first job as a food delivery manager for the DoorDash chain in Redwood City, California.
As a detail, tell you about these nice autonomous robots are the product of a company created by the two founders of Skype. Among the main characteristics of these creatures, it should be noted that this is a completely electric vehicle that has been equipped with a autonomous driving system that allows you to circulate on the sidewalks of any city at a maximum speed of 6 km / h.
Robots Starship Technologies will finally have their first real job.
As a detail, as we discussed at the time, Starship Technologies has carried out pilot tests of its robots in cities as large and important internationally as Bern, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, London ... and so on in up to 36 European cities. For their part, in the United States, these robots have been tested on the streets of Silicon Valley and Washington. After all these months, the company started testing in 2016, finally your product will start working in a real environment.
For now, at least officially, the first company that has decided to trust Starship Technologies products has been Doordash who have acquired no less than six of these autonomous robots to be in charge of delivering food in the city of Redwood City. Deliveries made by this class of vehicle will be within a radius of 3,5 kilometers, outside of this radius, they will continue to be made by humans.
U that goes, I do not see it viable at all