CES 2019 Round up: 8K TVs and smart tractors

CES 2019 Round up: 8K TVs and smart tractors

Hartmann said Continental simply "wanted to tease" the delivery system and that there were no immediate plans to bring it to market. If that changes, Continental will be competing with many other firms that have partnered with robotics companies or developed their own robots designed to deliver food and packages in cities and on college campuses.

"There are a lot of companies," said Ayanna Howard, chair of the School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. "Not all of them are going to be successful. Some of it is hype, but some of them are promising."

Among the companies developing delivery robots is Beijing-based Segway-Ninebot. Its new bot, dubbed Loomo, looks like a file cabinet on wheels and is designed to make deliveries inside office buildings or shopping malls. It's expected to hit the market later this year, though the company has provided few details.

Another delivery robot in the works is Serve, a wheeled bot developed by the San Francisco-based delivery company Postmates. The company plans to deploy Serve first in Los Angeles, followed by more cities later this year.

Serve"Serve," a delivery robot by Postmates.Postmates
Then there are PepsiCo's "snackbots" now in use at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. Developed by California-based Robby Technologies, the robots look a bit like large ice chests on wheels. Students can order a snack and meet the bot at one of dozens of designated spots on campus.

Domino's has been experimenting with delivery bots in Australia and Germany since 2016. And in Scottsdale, Arizona, Kroger is testing automated grocery delivery with a small autonomous vehicle made by Nuro, a robotics maker in Mountain View, California. Unlike the other wheeled bots, Nuro's R1 vehicle travels on public roads like a car. When it reaches its destination, its batwing doors open to allow customers to retrieve their groceries.

We are on the road this morning with @nurobots R1 completing the first 2019 unmanned #autonomousvehicle deliveries for @FrysFoodStores! Happy New Year! #nurodelivers pic.twitter.com/232gMpcjaF

— Dan Mitchell (@danjmitchell) January 2, 2019
Boston Dynamics plans to begin selling a doglike robot called SpotMini later this year, company founder Mark Raibert said in 2018. The robot can open doors and carry packages, but the company hasn't indicated it has plans to enter the delivery business.

FROM:NBC News

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