Daily news and analysis about the food tech revolution
Human-free, contactless delivery is going next-level, thanks to a new partnership announced today between Piestro and Kiwibot. In a word, this new deal is all about robots. Piestro makes a […]
UPDATE: Some details of this story changed after we published this story: The service is now launching in October. The delivery fee will start at $2.50, or it will be free […]
Kiwibot, which makes rover delivery robots, officially announced its equity crowdfunding campaign today, with the goal of raising a little more than $1 million via Wefunder. As of this writing, […]
Kiwi announced today that its rover robots are now delivering food and other items around two areas in San Jose, CA. According to Kiwi, what makes this rollout unique is […]
Starship’s autonomous food delivery robots started rolling out across the University of Missisppi (Ole Miss) yesterday, reports the school’s newspaper. This, evidently, makes Ole Miss the first college in the […]
Words matter. That’s a lesson I hope robot delivery startup learned earlier this week when it sent out an email saying “We want to let you know that we will […]
The original headline for this post was “Developing: Is Robot Delivery Service Kiwi Shutting Down in Berkeley or Altogether?” SECOND UPDATE: Later last night, Kiwi sent out another email with […]
McDonald’s grabbed the main spotlight this week for its acquisition of voice-order tech company Apprente, which it says could make your future drive-thru experience faster and simpler. But while Mickey […]
Kiwi continues to roll out its diminutive li’l food delivery robots to more cities, with plans to begin operations in Sacramento, CA in September. CBS13 first reported the story last […]
The startup has also expanded delivery to fifteen schools including UC Davis and Harvard.
We’re hosting another Spoon Slack Chat on food robots and automation this Friday and you should be there to join in the fun. For the uninitiated, about once a month, […]
Like a Spinal Tap drummer, one of Kiwi‘s delivery robots caught fire last Friday while out and about on the campus of UC Berkeley. While no human was harmed during […]
