Automated delivery robots will soon be on the streets of Washington

Some Washington residents may soon share the street with Starship Technologies' delivery robots .

In June of this year, Washington became the first American city to approve a ground-based delivery robot pilot program. The SAR Parliamentary Act imposes certain restrictions on the pilot program, including: PPD (Personal Transport Equipment) cannot operate at speeds of more than 16 km/h; in the absence of cargo, PPD must weigh less than 23 kg and must comply with all traffic And pedestrian signs and signals.

Starship's robots meet all of these regulations. It weighs about 18 kilograms and has a speed of 6 kilometers per hour. It can carry about three full shopping bags. It also comes with nine cameras and a number of sensors that take advantage of these devices to avoid obstacles and allow remote operators to monitor every move.

Currently, most companies' robots are run under the constant supervision of an operator and a walking escort, but Starship hopes that its delivery robot will eventually be 99% autonomy.

Starship is the idea of ​​Skype co-founders Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis, who want to solve the "last mile" problem of "on-demand" delivery by targeting the lowest-transport area, the residential area. The company said its robots will be able to deliver goods within a radius of one to five kilometers in 15 to 30 minutes.

With an app, consumers can spend $1 to book delivery robots and choose the exact time they want their packages to be delivered. Other companies are also developing transport robots, but Starship says they don't worry about competition, especially from the air ( UAV express).

Marketing manager Henry Harris-Burland explained: “It takes much more energy to get things off the ground than it would make it roll at a speed of 4 miles per hour on the ground, and this will affect the economics of transportation. Consumers don’t Willing to pay more for drone delivery, they may try it for the first time, but then they will lose their sense of freshness."

Of course, unlike aerial drones, ground robots are more likely to be destroyed and stolen. To avoid this, Starship's team has equipped the robot with an alarm, a GPS tracker, a lockable lid and a two-way speaker system. Starship has conducted actual delivery trials in the UK, Switzerland and Germany, and so far they have not encountered cases of theft. Whether the residents of the United States will be so polite is still to be seen.

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