Autonomous Robot Food and Grocery Delivery - Convenience Store Decisions

Washington D.C. has approved one company to launch its ground-based, autonomous robot delivery service. A new ground-based robot delivery service has been approved in Washington D.C., and one startup company will soon begin testing its autonomous robot delivery service. According to a new report from Recode, Starship Technologies has announced that its six-wheeled, autonomous robots will soon begin to deliver both groceries and restaurant takeout to homes and businesses. These new robots are intended to solve the "last mile" problem, where packages are transported from the fulfillment center to people's homes. Amazon has hopes to solve this problem with drones, but the FAA currently requires the drone operator to be in the line of site of the drone; however, ground-based robots have fewer potential problems.