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fromZDNET
4 days ago
E-Commerce

I saw a drone deliver pies in Atlanta, and it was an uncannily brilliant experience

fromZDNET
4 days ago
E-Commerce

I saw a drone deliver pies in Atlanta, and it was an uncannily brilliant experience

fromThesanjoseblog
5 days ago

Amazon's Last-Mile Hub: Bringing 600 Jobs to South San Jose

Amazon will be building a new distribution center at the corner of South Seventh Street and East Alma Avenue. The company acquired the 17.8-acre site five years ago for $59.3 million, and now is moving forward to replace six existing industrial buildings with a modern facility. This last-mile e-commerce hub totals 106,800 square feet, including 8,700 square feet of office space and 36,600 square feet for staging and loading, designed to handle efficient package sorting and dispatch.
E-Commerce
E-Commerce
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago

Amazon starts testing 'ultra-fast' 30-minute deliveries | TechCrunch

Amazon launches a 30-minute ultra-fast delivery service in Seattle and Philadelphia offering groceries and household items with Prime and non-Prime fee tiers and small-basket charges.
E-Commerce
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

Amazon moves ahead with big "last-mile" package hub in central San Jose

Amazon will build a 106,800-square-foot last-mile distribution hub in San Jose, demolishing existing structures and employing up to 600 people with a 400-person onsite cap.
#autonomous-delivery
fromFortune
2 months ago
Gadgets

Meet Dot: DoorDash's new 5-foot, 350-pound robot delivery driver that can hit 20 mph | Fortune

fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago
Gadgets

DoorDash says its new self-driving delivery robot has a special feature: Cuteness

DoorDash fields Dot, a red autonomous delivery robot that navigates sidewalks and roads to deliver up to 30 pounds of cargo in Phoenix.
fromInsideEVs
4 months ago
Startup companies

This Autonomous Delivery Robot Promises Low Fees, Zero Tips

Robomart's RM5 is an autonomous electric van with 10 lockers offering multi-stop, multi-customer grocery delivery at a flat $3 fee and no driver fees.
fromFortune
2 months ago
Gadgets

Meet Dot: DoorDash's new 5-foot, 350-pound robot delivery driver that can hit 20 mph | Fortune

Startup companies
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

Serve Robotics' CEO explains why delivery could be a bigger opportunity than robotaxis

Serve Robotics will begin making DoorDash deliveries in Los Angeles and seeks partnerships broadly, viewing robot delivery as a larger market than robotaxis.
Gadgets
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago

DoorDash unveils Dot, its autonomous robot built to deliver your food | TechCrunch

DoorDash built Dot, an autonomous delivery robot that drives on roads, bike lanes, and sidewalks up to 20 mph to deliver food and small packages.
Gadgets
fromWIRED
2 months ago

DoorDash's New Delivery Robot Rolls Out Into the Big, Cruel World

DoorDash is launching Dot, a nearly 5-foot autonomous delivery robot built to travel on roads, bike lanes, and sidewalks despite operational and safety challenges.
E-Commerce
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

The race to ultrafast delivery is on but there are big hurdles to speeding up the time to your doorstep

Ultrafast grocery delivery faces physical and financial limits: 30-minute delivery is attainable broadly, while 15-minute delivery requires prohibitively many facilities, inventory, and resources.
fromMail Online
4 months ago

Major UK courier service starts using robot DOGS for deliveries

The robot dog has been trained to jump in and out of the van, navigate to customers' doors, and drop off packages without any assistance. Milo will be joining Evri's regular drivers over the next fortnight as they make their rounds in Morley, Leeds. Evri hopes that these robot co-pilots will take the strain off their human counterparts, freeing up more time for complex jobs like parking or navigating.
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