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Self-Driving Parcel-Delivery Robots to Begin U.S. Trials in April
By Ben Ames, DC Velocity Mar 29, 2016
Starship Technologies now testing 40-pound vehicles in London.
Starship Technologies, a British robotics startup launched by two founders of the online videoconference network Skype, has announced plans to begin U.S. trials of its fleet of single-package, self-driving delivery vehicles by April.
The company has not yet released the sites of those tests or the names of organizations involved, but is launching initial tests now in the U.K., a company spokesman said.
Following its initial test in the Greenwich neighborhood of London, Starship plans to expand its trial sites to additional cities in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland and launch pilot delivery service later in 2016.
The service is intended to replace last-mile, urban delivery vans with fleets of small robots. Each battery-powered vehicle can carry a small parcel or grocery bag within a three-mile radius of Starship's parcel hubs, the company says.
By allowing parcel carriers to drop all their packages at a single drop-off point instead of visiting every address, the system would save money compared to conventional delivery routes, the company says. The robot fleets could provide home delivery for less than $1.44 per shipment, about one-tenth the cost of using human drivers, Starship says.
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