The autonomous delivery bot that's designed to be 'nimble and fast enough' to ride in the bike lane

Autonomous robots could soon be ferrying deliveries alongside human messengers in your city's bike lane. Refraction AI has unveiled a 5-foot-tall delivery robot dubbed REV-1 that can zip around at speeds of up to 15 miles per hour on its three wheels. It can carry the equivalent of about four or five grocery bags in its cabin, according to the firm. The company says its lightweight, nimble design will allow it to operate in both the bike lane and the roadway, making for more efficient last-mile delivery options. 'We have created the Goldilocks of autonomous vehicles in terms of size and shape,' Matthew Johnson-Roberson, cofounder and CEO at Refraction, said in a statement when the bot launched this month at TechCrunch Mobility.