Kiwi’s Delivery Robots Roll Onto the Streets of San Jose, CA
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 […]
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With Postmates, Uber Gets into the Delivery Robot Game
The big news this week was that Uber is acquiring rival food delivery service Postmates for $2.65 billion in an all-stock deal. There is a lot to be determined about […]
Refraction AI Officially Launches Robot Grocery Delivery in Ann Arbor, MI
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 […]
Can Food Tech Save the School Cafeteria?
I’ve been getting emails from my son’s elementary school saying that they plan on having some form of in-school instruction come September (knocks on wood). Some of the new regulations […]
Arcimoto and HyreCar to Make the Deliverator EV for Rent in LA
While the “Deliverator” sounds like something out of a Strong Bad cartoon, it’s actually a three-wheeled electric vehicle made by Arcimoto that could help speed up food deliveries. Today Arcimoto […]
From Restaurants Floors to Your Front Door, Food Robots are on the Rise
This is the web version of our newsletter. Sign up today to get updates on the rapidly changing nature of the food tech industry. A friend of mine was walking […]
Gatik Launches Self-Driving Box Truck for Middle Mile Deliveries
Gatik, an autonomous vehicle startup focused on middle mile delivery, announced a new self-driving box truck today. The new trucks feature temperature control, allowing them to transport cold and frozen […]
Chowbotics Deploying 50 New Salad Making Robots to Hospitals Across the Country
Chowbotics announced today that it is deploying 50 new salad making robots to hospitals across the country. The company said that by the end of June, it will have a […]
Refraction’s “Goldilocks” Size Could Make it Pretty Great for Robot Grocery Delivery
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 […]
Wait, Robot Delivery Companies Charge the Same Commissions as Human Delivery?
One of the key selling points of our delivery robot future was that it would be less expensive than existing human efforts. Yes, automation would take some human jobs, but […]
From Michigan to Korea, Robots Keep Food Rolling When People Can’t
Prior to this pandemic, the big ethical questions surrounding food robotics and automation was their impact on loss of human jobs. But as COVID-19 has forced us to social distance […]
Students at Columbia Develop New Food Delivery App for Dining Halls
Students at Columbia University have developed a food delivery service specifically geared towards getting food from dining halls around campus. Called Grubify, the app-based service got official approval from the […]
