Self-driving sidewalk robots will be used by Uber, its partners Mitsubishi Electric and the autonomous robotics firm #Cartken, to serve meals to consumers in Japan.
The services provided by the Uber Eats app will be live by the end of March in a few areas of Tokyo, according to the #announcements made by the firms. Operating hours will be announced closer to the start date, an Uber representative stated.
Together, Uber and Cartken, a 2019 business created by the former Google #developers behind the brief Bookbot, provide a delivery service in Fairfax, Virginia, as well as Miami.
Their first venture outside of the US is this most recent arrangement. It also includes Mitsubishi Electric, a business that will oversee #Tokyo operations.
The delivery service will be handled by Model C, Cartken's autonomous sidewalk robot.
The robot moves at a speed of around 3.3 miles per hour and is equipped with an insulated 27-liter payload bag. The robot has a ton of #sensors, including cameras and sophisticated algorithms, which enable it to sense, identify, and eventually navigate its surroundings.
Additionally, Cartken includes a mechanism that lets employees see and control the robot from a distance if necessary. According to an Uber representative, Mitsubishi #Electric staff members who have received training in Cartken's remote guiding system will utilize the teleoperations interface.
Robot delivery is an #efficient solution to the logistical dilemma, which will only become worse in the future, according to Shoji Tanaka, senior general manager of Mitsubishi Electric's advanced application research center.
"Our aspiration is that the recently revealed endeavor will function as a spur for the #proliferation of robotic delivery services throughout Japan," stated Tanaka. "We will leverage our strengths in working with factories and buildings in the future, enabling autonomous robots to deliver within a variety of facilities."
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