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Search Results for: Refraction

Refraction AI Officially Launches Robot Grocery Delivery in Ann Arbor, MI

June 30, 2020 Chris Albrecht

Refraction AI, which makes the three-wheeled autonomous REV-1 delivery vehicle, announced today that it is expanding beyond restaurant meals and into grocery delivery. The company’s robots are delivering around a […]

Refraction’s “Goldilocks” Size Could Make it Pretty Great for Robot Grocery Delivery

April 29, 2020 Chris Albrecht

Contactless delivery as a concept, didn’t exist prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The phrase describes the way of delivering food and other goods without humans having to interact with or […]

Refraction Launches Robotic Lunch Delivery in Ann Arbor, MI

December 12, 2019 Chris Albrecht

Given that we’ve already seen Refraction AI‘s REV-1 autonomous delivery vehicle tackle the snow covered roads of Ann Arbor, MI, it’s not really a surprise that the company announced today […]

Squishy Tires and Delivery Sweet Spots: More on Refraction AI’s Three-Wheeled Delivery Bot

July 26, 2019 Chris Albrecht

When Refraction AI came out of stealth a couple weeks back, the company provided a fair amount of detail about its REV-1 autonomous delivery robot. The REV-1 has three wheels, […]

Refraction Launches Three-Wheeled Delivery Robot That’s Bigger Than a Rover, but Smaller Than a Car

July 11, 2019 Chris Albrecht

When it comes to autonomous delivery robots, size matters. Full-sized self-driving cars can travel on most major roads and go long distances, but may not work well in dense, traffic-congested […]

Albertsons Partners with Tortoise for Remote Controlled Robot Delivery

March 5, 2021 Chris Albrecht

Grocery giant Albertsons announced today that it has partnered with Tortoise to pilot remote-controlled robot grocery delivery at two Safeway stores in Northern California. Tortoise is a little different from […]

Postmates X Spun Out of Uber to Become Serve Robotics

March 2, 2021 Chris Albrecht

Uber has officially spun out its Postmates X division to become its own standalone company now called Serve Robotics. The news was first reported by TechCrunch and confirms rumblings about […]

Gatik Gets $9 Million (CAD) to Winterize its Autonomous Middle-Mile Delivery Tech

March 2, 2021 Chris Albrecht

Gatik, which makes autonomous delivery vehicles for the middle-mile, announced today that it has received $997,706 million CAD (~$788,511 USD) from Ontario’s Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network (AVIN) R&D Partnership Fun, […]

Rise of the Plant-Based QSR

February 7, 2021 Jennifer Marston

This is the web version of our restaurant tech newsletter. Sign up today to get updates on the rapidly changing nature of the food tech industry. Those of us of a certain […]

A Big Week for Online Booze

February 4, 2021 Chris Albrecht

This is the web version of our weekly newsletter. Subscribe today to get the best food tech news delivered directly to your inbox! A few weeks back, from the comfort […]

The Delivery Robot Market Report

February 3, 2021 Chris Albrecht

Allowing robots to handle the last mile of these deliveries could do much to make restaurant and grocery delivery faster, enable those deliveries to occur around the clock, and bring […]

Will 2021 Be a Big Year for Food Robots? (Yes!)

December 31, 2020 Chris Albrecht

Two years ago, I predicted that 2019 would be a breakout year for food robots. Let’s just say that I was a little premature with that particular prognostication. In my […]

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