"Uber Eats is partnering with sidewalk delivery robot company Starship Technologies to deliver food in the U.K. starting later this year. The companies will start the service in the Leeds and Sheffield areas "from select merchants" in December and expand from there. Uber said the service will expand to "additional European markets in 2026" and the U.S. in 2027. The tie-up with Starship is the latest in an increasingly long line of partnerships Uber has struck with autonomous vehicle companies of all shapes and sizes."
"But Starship's not the first sidewalk robot company to work with Uber Eats. Uber's food delivery arm has used Serve Robotics' robots for a few years in the U.S. Uber started using Avride's sidewalk robots earlier this year, too. Starship claims to have nearly 3,000 of its six-wheeled delivery robots in operation around the world, across more than 270 different locations. The robots typically make deliveries in under 30 minutes and travel no more than two miles."
Uber Eats is partnering with Starship Technologies to begin sidewalk-robot food deliveries in the U.K. later this year. The launch will begin from select merchants in Leeds and Sheffield in December, with planned expansion to additional European markets in 2026 and to the U.S. in 2027. The collaboration follows Uber’s other autonomous-vehicle partnerships and previous use of Serve Robotics and Avride sidewalk robots. Starship operates nearly 3,000 six-wheeled delivery robots across more than 270 locations worldwide. The robots typically complete deliveries in under 30 minutes and travel no more than two miles.
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