Robotic personal delivery devices described as 'beverage coolers on wheels' will soon be delivering more restaurant meals and groceries in and around the campus of the University of Illinois Chicago.
Robot food delivery makes it's way to the University of Illinois Chicago. | Photo courtesy of Starship TechnologiesRobotic personal delivery devices described as "beverage coolers on wheels" will soon be delivering more restaurant meals and groceries in and around the campus of the University of Illinois Chicago.
Top speed is 4 mph "and only if there’s nobody around," Tuohy said. "That’s the maximum limit they’re allowed to travel. … And it’s a low-weight vehicle that’s 75 pounds, unladen. We don’t add much weight."To prove how safe and slow deliveries are, Tuohy played a video showing Ald. Nicole Lee and Ald. Howard Brookins watching a delivery, surrounded by UIC students.
To order food, customers download the app and type in the precise location, provided it is "within the geo-fence" — boundaries — of the pilot program. Once the order is placed, customers can watch as it makes its way to their location. When UIC forged its partnership with Starship, the pandemic was "still raging." Robot deliveries helped alleviate "the sheer volume of students" descending on UIC dining halls, Coronado said."The food goes into the device and directly to the students," he said. "The devices have proven to be safe and reliable — even during the winter months."
Al Pacelli owns Al’s Italian Beef, 1079 W. Taylor St., within the expanded test area, though he had not heard of the program until contacted by the Sun-Times."It doesn’t sound reasonable. What if you’ve got to go upstairs or something. What if you have to take an elevator. Not everybody’s gonna meet you on the street. Are these things capable of doing that or going upstairs? It sounds like the Jetsons," Pacelli said.
"They charge both of us. They charge the customer. They charge me, also. It’s up to 30% of our costs, which is very hard to deal with. But if you don’t do it, you don’t get them customers either. So, you work at a lower volume and hope you get a lot of volume," Pacelli said.
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