"In Singapore's central business district, delivery robots now pound the pavements alongside smartly-clad businessmen. With two googly, animated eyes and lockers on their back, the robots navigate automatic doors, elevators and turnstiles, delivering packages right to an office's front door. These robots are the creation of Singapore-based AI logistics firm QuikBot Technologies. Alan Ng founded QuikBot in 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic."
"Together, they form an ecosystem that automates last-mile delivery in urban environments. Goods are stored in smart lockers, which sit atop a long-distance autonomous robot called the "QuickFox." Boxes are then transferred onto the QuikCat, a smaller delivery robot that can travel shorter distances to drop off goods at their final destination. Customers will get a text message with a one-time password, which they can use to open the box and collect their parcels."
Delivery robots operate in Singapore's central business district, navigating doors, elevators and turnstiles to deliver packages to offices. QuikBot Technologies, founded by Alan Ng in 2021, developed robots during pandemic-driven e-commerce growth to address manpower shortages. Last-mile delivery remains costly and time-consuming, with drivers spending minutes parking and walking parcels to recipients. QuikBot's current system pairs a long-distance autonomous "QuickFox" carrying smart lockers with a smaller "QuikCat" for final drops. Customers receive one-time passwords by text to open locker compartments and collect parcels. QuikBot focuses on automating buildings by integrating robots with building systems and programming custom tasks.
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