The pizza chain “Domino’s Pizza” has started a pilot project for Autonomous Delivery in Houston – together with Nuro.
Domino’s Pizza already has ford tested the delivery with autonomous vehicles and now has a cooperation with the US startup Nuro started. Nuros vehicle entitled “R2” is self-propelled and has space for the transport of food. This has already been proven in cooperation with the food market Kroger,
Together with Domino’s Pizza you organize pizza deliveries. The pilot project will be in Houston, US this year Texas start. Nuro hopes the cooperation with the pizza company will give them a chance to increase their range of services, because they are looking forward to the delivery of food or products of online trading.
The vehicles, R2, are smaller than normal cars and inside the storage space is divided into small sections. You drive at a maximum of 40 km / h (25 miles per hour). Since there are no people on board, they have no seats or other security measures, such as airbags or even one Infotainment system, But they are equipped with the appropriate sensors to navigate the world.
The vehicles serve selected customers in Houston who place an order with Domino’s. When registering with the pizza delivery service, you can opt for delivery via Nuro. Per App can track the delivery and with a unique PIN code you can open the appropriate compartment and the Pizza remove from the vehicle.
Also, the Japanese company SoftBank is invested in Nuro, as well as at Over or Cruise Automation from General Motors. Overall, Nuro has gotten over $ 1 billion so much.
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