Started operation of a delivery robot that delivers coffee and pizza to students, faculty and staff at the university, accommodating up to about 9 kg of baggage



At George Mason University in Virginia State, operation of a robot that delivers food and drink has started. Service is already offered by Starship Technologies, which has experience in delivering robots in Silicon Valley.

Starship technology robots make deliveries at George Mason
https://www.fastcompany.com/90294681/these-cute-little-robots-now-deliver-late-night-snacks-to-worlds-luckiest-college-kids

Another food delivery bot is coming to a college campus
https://mashable.com/article/starship-gmu-autonomous-food-delivery-robots/

The number of robots deployed at the university is 25 units. Students and faculty and staff will use the application to order food from grocery stores and campus retailers and designate the delivery location and the robot will deliver within 15 minutes. The corresponding in-campus retailers are Starbucks, Blaze Pizza, Dunkin Donuts, and robots can ship up to 20 pounds (approximately 9 kg) of baggage. The delivery fee is $ 1.99 cents (about 220 yen).

The introduced delivery robot was developed by Starship Technologies in 2016. You can see running movies in the following articles.

A small delivery robot "Starship" that automatically delivers pizza automatically unveils - GIGAZINE



Starship Technologies has already begun operation of this delivery robot in Silicon Valley, already delivering more than 25,000 times, the mileage of the robot is 150 thousand miles (about 250 thousand km) It is.


In terms of delivery robot operation at university, there is a case where Pacifico is conducting "Snackbot" which delivers sweets and drinks at Pacific University.

PepsiCo is testing at 'university' 'Snackbot' delivering snacks ordered by smartphone - GIGAZINE

in Hardware,   Junk Food, Posted by logc_nt