Uber joined hands with Serve Robotics to deploy 2000 robots to achieve automatic food delivery in major cities in the United States by 2026.

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen Xiao Zhan for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, June 2 (Xinhua)-- delivery giants Uber Eats and Serve Robotics have officially announced that they will launch robotic food delivery services in major cities in the United States from 2026.

▲ image source: Serve

Serve Robotics said the four-wheeled robot, which uses AI technology for path planning, has a range of about 40km and can carry goods weighing up to 23kg. In addition, the company's robots are responsible for the delivery of dozens of orders every day.

▲ source: ServeUber said that when consumers place orders through Uber Eats, they will provide the option of delivering food by robot. After the robot delivers the food to the designated place, the customer needs to enter the password to pick up the meal, so as to ensure the safe delivery of food.

▲ source: Serve currently, Uber and Serve have begun field testing of robotic food delivery services in California. Uber hopes to become a zero-carbon food delivery platform by 2040, and robot food delivery is an important part of it.

CTOnews.com learned that Serve Robotics was spun off by the Uber business, which was formerly a delivery robot project under the catering delivery service Postmates, and received a $10 million investment from Nvidia in March 2022 (CTOnews.com Note: currently about 71 million yuan). Since Serve launched its robot delivery service last year, its monthly shipping volume has grown by more than 30%. At present, there are more than 200 restaurants in the Los Angeles area.

Uber said the partnership with Serve Robotics will expand to more cities in 2026, including San Jose, California, Dallas, Texas and Vancouver, Canada, with up to 2000 planned distribution robots.