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A friendly, autonomous robot that delivers your food

1,902,861 views | Ali Kashani • TED2020

Meet the friendly robot that could deliver your next burrito. Ali Kashani introduces us to Postmates' autonomous delivery robot and explains how it could help reduce carbon emissions and free up valuable real estate in cities everywhere. Learn more about how it was specially designed to navigate complex social interactions on busy sidewalks to bring you your food (and more) with joy.

Meet the friendly robot that could deliver your next burrito. Ali Kashani introduces us to Postmates' autonomous delivery robot and explains how it could help reduce carbon emissions and free up valuable real estate in cities everywhere. Learn more about how it was specially designed to navigate complex social interactions on busy sidewalks to bring you your food (and more) with joy.

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Ali Kashani explores the unexpected roles robots might take on in our daily lives -- including bringing us lunch.

Arielle Pardes | Wired, 2018 | Article

"Postmates' Quest to Build the Delivery Robot of the Future"

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