Uber Eats now delivers meals with robots: how fast they reach and how they avoid people

Starting today, Uber Eats is offering food delivery in a small area of ​​Tokyo, Japan, with the help of small mobile robots, with plans to expand later to the rest of the country.

The small green delivery vehicle warns: “Attention: robot!” as it makes its way through the streets of Tokyo.

And, starting this March 6, the American food delivery application will begin to offer its service, helped by small robots in a small area of ​​the capital of Japan.

It is well known that Japan suffers from a growing labor shortage due to the aging of the population, and given this condition, the country modified its traffic laws in 2023 to allow delivery robots to circulate on its streets.

The small Uber Eats robots were developed by Mitsubishi Electric and Cartken, and have a green cargo box, two large square lights and are moved by six wheels (three on each side) to travel their different routes, which they calculate themselves. .

The units move at 3.3 miles per hour (5.4 kilometers per hour) and have sensors to avoid pedestrians and obstacles, although human operators are always prepared to help them in case any problem arises.

So far, Uber Eats users must go down to the street to receive their orders, but it is estimated that in the future, robots will arrive at the customer’s door, on any floor of a residential or office building.

Alvin Oo, director of operations for Uber Eats in Japan, says this technology could be very useful in a place with skyscrapers like Tokyo.

For citizens, the robot is “adorable and striking,” and they hope it will be a solution to the aging and declining population, with a serious lack of labor.

Keep reading:
· This is the salary of Uber Eats drivers in each state
· How to earn $1,000 a week with Uber Eats
· Two men scammed Uber Eats out of more than $1 million dollars