USA– Uber has announced that it will deploy Nuro autonomous delivery cars to transport food and other items to its Uber Eats clients as part of a 10-year business agreement.
According to the corporations, tests will begin this fall in Houston and Mountain View, California, and gradually spread to additional regions, including the larger Bay Area.
In recent years, Nuro has been successful in establishing collaborations with a number of well-known businesses, including Walmart and Kroger.
However, this most recent agreement signals an expansion of the American robotics company’s business objectives.
It also draws attention to Nuro’s exceptional standing in the budding autonomous car sector.
Nuro is one of the few businesses that has all the required authorizations and licenses to run a customer-paying autonomous vehicle delivery service in California.
As a result, it may and will get paid for each autonomous delivery it makes for Uber.
Uber Eats customers will pay the same delivery fee whether it is made by a Nuro robot or a live freelance worker.
However, because Nuro bots cannot collect gratuities, there may be some financial savings.
Customers won’t be able to tell when placing an order whether they would receive their personal delivery or standard courier delivery. The tip will be returned if the Eats client pre-selects it and Nuro delivers the food.
The forthcoming Nuro bot is an automotive production-grade vehicle with double the cargo volume of the prior model, movable storage, and a temperature-controlled compartment that is anticipated to launch in late 2023.
The R2, a second-generation vehicle from Nuro, which was established in June 2016 and has since raised US$2 billion, will be used at first.
This vehicle, which was unveiled in February 2020, is not a delivery robot for sidewalks. Neither can it transport humans.
The R2, as well as its future third-generation model, simply referred to as “Nuro,” are made to transport packages and go along public highways.
The R2 has cameras, lidar, and radar so that the “driver” can see everything around it from any angle.
In collaboration with the Michigan-based Roush Enterprises, it was created and put together in the United States.
The forthcoming Nuro bot is an automotive production-grade vehicle with double the cargo volume of the prior model, movable storage, and a temperature-controlled compartment that is anticipated to launch in late 2023.
Other businesses, like the pizza firm Domino’s, have worked with Nuro to develop autonomous “fast service” delivery cars.
They have started a test program in Houston for people who place online orders on specific days and in specific areas of the city.
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