April 18 2020, 23:07

Near us is the George Mason University campus. There, food is delivered by autonomous robots.

Delivery from local campus cafes and fast-food outlets like Dunkin Donuts, Blaze Pizza, Einstein Bros. costs $1.99 per order. It’s said that they are widely used even for ordering coffee (coffee itself costs about $4-5), but usually, it’s pizza. The startup was founded by Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis, co-founders of Skype.

Starship Technologies handles the robots. These articles contain many technical details:

https://medium.com/starshiptechnologies/how-starship-delivery-robots-know-where-they-are-going-c97d385a1015

https://medium.com/starshiptechnologies/how-neural-networks-power-robots-at-starship-3262cd317ec0

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