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Hungry? Call Your Neighborhood Delivery Robot

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This is pretty cool.

Robots Deliver Takeout Orders On The Streets Of Washington, D.C. : All Tech Considered : NPR

Here's a classic big city dilemma (sorry suburban folks): It's late at night, the weather is bad, and you're hungry. Your favorite restaurant is less than a mile away, but you don't want to leave the house, and you don't want to pay a $5 delivery fee — plus tip — for a $10 meal.

So, what do you do?

Back in the old days, you would have braved the elements — or learned to plan ahead. But those days are coming to an end, at least in Washington, D.C.

A fleet of about 20 autonomous, knee-high robots recently has appeared on the sidewalks of the nation's capital, and they're out to revolutionize hyper-local delivery in big cities. Their mission? Bring takeout food from restaurants to hungry customers at home — while keeping the delivery cost to around a dollar.

The robots are European, created in Estonia by a company called Starship Technologies. The company is new, but its tech experience runs deep: It was founded by two of the co-founders of Skype, Janus Friis and Ahti Heinla.
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Who is going to send a $500 dollar robot off into the night with an order of Kung Pao Chicken?
 
Drones would be faster and more difficult to rob. Anyway, can you imagine one of those little robots trying to cross a busy street?
 
Needs a threat assessment and response module. The inventor needs to get some of those "Robot Wars" guys involved.

Get one of these suckers to deliver your food and now you're in business!

 
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