Name: A friendly, autonomous robot that delivers your food
Uploaded: 2020-07-08T20:01:51Z
Duration: 8 min 41 s
Description: Meet the friendly robot that could deliver your next burrito. Ali Kashani introduces us to Postmates' autonomous delivery robot and explains how it could help reduce carbon emissions and free up valuable real estate in cities everywhere. Learn more about how it was specially designed to navigate complex social interactions on busy sidewalks to bring you your food (and more) with joy.

Ali Kashani: A friendly, autonomous robot that delivers your food

A friendly, autonomous robot that delivers your food

Meet the friendly robot that could deliver your next burrito. Ali Kashani introduces us to Postmates' autonomous delivery robot and explains how it could help reduce carbon emissions and free up valuable real estate in cities everywhere. Learn more about how it was specially designed to navigate complex social interactions on busy sidewalks to bring you your food (and more) with joy.

Millions of food deliveries each day travel short distances in heavy cars, wasting energy and clogging city streets. Small, friendly delivery robots offer a way to cut emissions, reclaim urban space, and design communities for people instead of vehicles. By making robots approachable and teaching them to interact safely, cities can reduce one and a half million cars on the road in the US alone. The future of delivery could mean more parks, less pollution, and robots that do good beyond just bringing food.