Yelp Eat24 and Marble teamed up to start robot food delivery in San Francisco

Briefing

April 13, 2017

Briefing	Yelp Robot Delivery – Yelp in partnership with Marble, started testing ground-based autonomous robots to deliver Eat24 orders in selected neighborhoods in San Francisco Robot Technology – Perceives environment using LiDARs, cameras and ultrasonic sensors, and operates day or night using high-resolution 3D maps Robot Delivery Service – After customers choose robot delivery in company’s site or app, they will receive orders in heatbags keeping food warm as robot travels within one mile from restaurant to customer’s door Next Steps – Aims to enhance robots by adding technologies, such as temperature control and gather community feedback to improve service
Accelerator	Online Commerce, Robotics
Market Disruption	Next-Generation Logistics
Sector	Food and Beverage, Transportation and Logistics
Source	Kolodny, L., "Marble and Yelp Eat24 start robot food delivery in San Francisco", TechCrunch, https://techcrunch.com/; AcceleratingBiz analysis
Original Publication Date	April 12, 2017

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