2019 Was Not the Year We Welcomed Our Robot Overlords
Almost exactly a year ago, I predicted that “2019 Will Be a Breakthrough Year for Food Robots.” Whether I was right or wrong in that prognostication probably depends on how […]
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California DMV to Allow Light-Duty Self-Driving Vehicles for Tasks like Grocery Delivery
Self-driving grocery and food delivery just got one step closer to becoming a reality in California. The Golden State announced yesterday that light-duty autonomous delivery vehicles can now be tested […]
Postmates’ Serve Robot Spotted (and Filmed) Making Deliveries in LA
From the looks of it, Postmates’ Serve robot is ready to roll into action, almost exactly a year after the delivery service unveiled it. First, Serve made an appearance on […]
How Will Winter Affect Autonomous Delivery Robots? Snow Problem!
See Refraction’s REV-1 robot autonomously drive through slushy Ann Arbor streets!
Starship Robots Roll Out to University of Wisconsin-Madison, Can They Survive the Winter?
I’ve never been to Wisconsin, but people from there tell me that it gets cold about this time of year, I mean, it snowed there on Halloween last week, with […]
ZMP’s CarriRo Rover Robot Aims to Make Food Deliveries in Japan
One of the things that struck me during my recent trip to Tokyo was the lack of robots. I figured a town so futuristic would be filled with them. But […]
City By the Bot: Postmates Gets Permit to Test its “Serve” Delivery Robot in San Francisco
San Francisco has given Postmates the city’s “first-ever permit for sidewalk robotics operations,” according to a story in TechCrunch. The move marks a turn in the city’s official attitude towards […]
Newsletter: I May Have Been Wrong About DIY
This is the web version of our weekly newsletter. Sign up for it here! Spoon readers may recall that a couple weeks back I speculated on DIY and the IKEA-ization […]
