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Waymo San Francisco Robotaxi Waiting List Has Tens of Thousands of Names

Waymo San Francisco Robotaxi Waiting List Has Tens of Thousands of Names
Waymo San Francisco Robotaxi Waiting List Has Tens of Thousands of Names
December 03, 2021  |  Transportation

Tens of thousands of people in and around San Francisco are on the waiting list for a Waymo robotaxi ride, the Alphabet Inc.-owned company’s co-chief...

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Robotics-Powered Stellar Pizza Plans LA Restaurant
Robotics-Powered Stellar Pizza Plans LA Restaurant
December 01, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

Robotics-powered mobile pizzeria Stellar Pizza is planning to launch a physical food truck location in Los Angeles that will be operated by robots, according to...

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Restaurants Tapping Robot Servers Risk Repeating Past Mistakes
Restaurants Tapping Robot Servers Risk Repeating Past Mistakes
November 30, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

Table-service restaurants are turning to robotics to weather labor challenges, but it is too soon to say whether these robots are the waitstaff of the...

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Street Robot Vending Machine Cooks Healthy Food Fast
Street Robot Vending Machine Cooks Healthy Food Fast
November 24, 2021  |  Innovation

A street robot vending machine can prepare healthy food from vegetables and cereals in under one minute, and can cook as many as 1,000 different...

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Shopping Bots See New Use During Holiday Season
Shopping Bots See New Use During Holiday Season
November 21, 2021  |  Retail

Shopping bots, which can search retail sites automatically, are the rise as a way to help parents shop for Christmas gifts in lieu of searching...

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Google Invests in Robot Delivery Company Nuro
Google Invests in Robot Delivery Company Nuro
November 02, 2021  |  Investments

Google was a surprise investor in autonomous driving platform Nuro during a recent $600 million Series D fundraising round that will help the company accelerate...

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Hybrid Robot/Human Picking Can Ease eGrocers’ Labor Challenges
Hybrid Robot/Human Picking Can Ease eGrocers’ Labor Challenges
October 29, 2021  |  Retail

Online grocery has come a long way in the past 20 months, but as adoption grew more quickly than anyone could have anticipated in early...

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Restaurant Roundup: Robotic Delivery Expands as eCommerce Comes for Breakfast
Restaurant Roundup: Robotic Delivery Expands as eCommerce Comes for Breakfast
October 29, 2021  |  Restaurant Roundup

Robotic food delivery is becoming increasingly common. C3 by SBE, the Beverly Hills-based food tech company behind 40 virtual and physical restaurant brands, announced Thursday...

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Drone Delivery Expands as Robots, Humans Race to Meet Consumers’ On-Demand Food Needs
Drone Delivery Expands as Robots, Humans Race to Meet Consumers’ On-Demand Food Needs
October 26, 2021  |  Delivery

As consumers, restaurants and third parties continue to struggle with the economics of delivery, the race to find alternatives to using human drivers is heating...

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