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Self-driving robots hitting Downtown Dallas streets for Uber Eats deliveries
FOX 4 Dallas ^
| 12/9/24
| Alex Boyer
Posted on 12/11/2024 8:35:15 AM PST by DallasBiff
The Brief
Self-driving robots created by Avride will soon begin delivering small food and grocery items in the Downtown Dallas area in partnership with Uber Eats.
The autonomous robots will make deliveries within a two-mile radius. They are equipped with several cameras and an animated screen for delivery.
The robots, about the size of a suitcase, will have a lock that only the customer can open through the delivery app.
The company says the delivery robots will be active in Dallas within the next few days. And unlike human delivery drivers, you aren't expected to tip.
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Well this is being rolled out in downtown Dallas which are basically all high rises. I guess the customer will have to go down the elevator to get their food, since I can't see the robot as tall enough to hit the elevator button.
As for a tip, I guess a computer chip would be much appreciated by the robot.
To: DallasBiff
Can’t wait to see how many get stolen, run over, or looted. Stupid.
To: DallasBiff
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posted on
12/11/2024 8:38:56 AM PST
by
equaviator
(If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
To: Resolute Conservative
They should come equiped with lasers.
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posted on
12/11/2024 8:41:43 AM PST
by
z3n
(Kakistocracy)
To: DallasBiff
> The robots, about the size of a suitcase… <
Not so big that assorted hoodlums can’t push the robots into the street or simply tip them over. So this should be an interesting experiment.
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posted on
12/11/2024 8:46:53 AM PST
by
Leaning Right
(It’s morning in America. Again.)
To: DallasBiff
The temptation to mess with these robots would be strong.
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posted on
12/11/2024 8:47:05 AM PST
by
roving
(Deplorable MAGA Garbage )
To: equaviator
It will shoot your pizza up to the 26th floor like a skeet disk. Be ready.
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posted on
12/11/2024 8:48:28 AM PST
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: DallasBiff
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posted on
12/11/2024 8:50:41 AM PST
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: DallasBiff
Bet they won’t be going to Oak Cliff, or South Dallas.
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posted on
12/11/2024 8:51:23 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Larry Lucido
Give it 24 hours and you’ll see “Honky Lips” spray-painted on it.
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posted on
12/11/2024 8:52:32 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: DallasBiff
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posted on
12/11/2024 9:01:02 AM PST
by
TornadoAlley3
( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
To: DallasBiff
Are these things issued/required to have a Drivers License ???
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posted on
12/11/2024 9:02:03 AM PST
by
mabarker1
( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
To: Larry Lucido
That gives me an idea for a non-destructive ballistic pizza retriever.
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posted on
12/11/2024 9:04:52 AM PST
by
equaviator
(If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
To: DallasBiff
The robots, about the size of a suitcase, will have a lock that only the customer can open through the delivery app. 
Sam Brinton has 14 of these robots in his basement.
To: DallasBiff
In before the first one gets kidnapped for ransom!
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posted on
12/11/2024 9:11:17 AM PST
by
JimRed
(TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH! )
To: dfwgator
Why do I get the feeling that some folks won’t be seeing their groceries?
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posted on
12/11/2024 11:56:00 AM PST
by
DPMD
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