Uber tests deliveries with autonomous vehicles and robots

BANGKOK, THAILAND – JANUARY 22, 2017: An Uber Eats sign on the door of local restaurant.

As also announced at the Go / Get 2022 event, Uber is preparing to launch a new delivery service via autonomous vehiclesthe. This is a pilot project that will be launched in the city of Los Angeles and could be extended to other cities in the future. Here are the details on the new project started by Uber to take advantage of autonomous vehicles to make deliveries:

Uber focuses on delivery by autonomous vehicles

Among the novelties of Uber there is a new pilot project that provides for automated deliveries through the autonomous vehicles proposed by Motional. The new service aims to automate the entire delivery procedure and, potentially, could represent one of the future evolutions of the company’s services. In partnership with i robotaxi at MotionalUber will make deliveries via “autonomous” in Los Angeles.

There is also a second project

With Robotics, a startup born just as a spin off of Uber, will kick off a new project. In this case, the delivery will be made by a real small robot. The robot will be remotely supervised by a human operator who will check that the delivery is done in the right way. This type of deliveries will be made over short distances.

For the future, Uber intends to focus more and more on automation technologies to offer new solutions to its users. For more details, you can consult all the news announced by Uber at today’s Go / Get event: