{"id":14363,"date":"2024-02-06T00:01:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T00:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1403597"},"modified":"2024-02-06T00:01:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T00:01:14","slug":"starship-technologies-raises-90m-to-roll-out-delivery-droids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=14363","title":{"rendered":"Starship Technologies raises $90M to roll out delivery droids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Autonomous delivery startup Starship Technologies announced today it had raised $90mn on its mission to \u201cmake science fiction a reality\u201d and roll out its self-driving robots across streets in Europe and the US. <\/span>
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There are sci-fi scenarios where robots turn on their makers, hunt them down, and initiate either the enslavement or the extinction of humanity. Then there are the R2-D2s and the BB8s of the genre \u2014 resourceful droid helpers that somehow manage to tug on our heartstrings nearly as much as a Pixar puppy. <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>While perhaps not quite as empathy-inducing, Starship Technologies\u2019 delivery robots<\/a> are decidedly more reminiscent of the latter. They are designed to deliver food, groceries, and packages locally, serving the \u201clast-mile\u201d and on-demand segment of delivery supply chains. They can also navigate challenging situations and obstacles such snow and challenging terrain. Since their introduction, the company says the \u201c99% autonomous<\/a>\u201d robots have completed over six million deliveries.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Starship Technologies was founded in 2014 in Estonia. The company\u2019s robots now exist in 80 different locations across the globe, including the UK, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, and the US. The company recently <\/span>partnered with ride-hailing unicorn Bolt<\/span><\/a> to deliver food to customers in its hometown of Tallinn, with plans to roll out thousands of units together in other countries. <\/span><\/p>\n

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It is now looking to expand even further, thanks to the fresh batch of funding led by Plural and Iconical. This includes rolling out a first-of-its-kind wireless charging solution, recently introduced at George Mason University in Virginia, and its Delivery as a Service (DaaS) product, which sees Starship robots integrate into the delivery infrastructure of its partners. <\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/i><\/a>The robots can run for 18 hours on a full charge. Credit: Starship Technologies<\/figcaption>