Yelp Eat24 is using robots to deliver
food orders in two San Francisco
neighborhoods.

On a giant screen at Marble's San Francisco
headquarters, I'm watching one of their
robots deliver my lunch.
The four-wheeled bot is bigger than I
expected. To give you an idea of scale, it's
built on top of an electric wheelchair base,
the cargo bay can hold up to four grocery
bags at a time and it's just over 4 feet tall.
It uses various sensors, including Lidar, or
light detection and ranging technology like
used in self-driving cars, to help it navigate
city sidewalks. The robot rolls along at a
leisurely walking pace of 3-4 miles per hour.
Partnering with Yelp Eat24, a handful of
Marble robots are now delivering orders in
two San Francisco neighborhoods: Mission
and Potrero Hill.
Each robot is modular, so components like
the cargo bay can be swapped in or out
depending on the delivery type.
"We're initially starting with the meal
delivery, we're also looking at other markets
like grocery and pharmacy," said Matthew
Delaney, CEO and co-founder of Marble.
When you place an order, the robot
navigates to the restaurant where orders
are placed in hot bags in the cargo bay. You
receive a text message with a code to unlock
the food when it arrives.
The robots will be able to complete an
entire shift, around 6-8 hours. During the
initial phase, a handful of robots will be
completing dinner time deliveries in San
Francisco over short distances of 1-1.5
miles. Human handlers will accompany the
robots and can take control if needed.
The Marble bots are also creating high-
resolution maps of the sidewalk, detecting
things like potholes and cracks in the path.
The idea is that this data can be used to
track conditions of the sidewalk and
potentially feed back reports for
infrastructure purposes.

source: https://www.cnet.com/news/food-delivery-robots-yelp-eat24-marble-san-francisco/

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