The robots are coming

The future will feature a lot more pizza bots instead of pizza boys if London-based delivery robot maker Starship Technologies has anything to say about it. The robot-focused startup – founded in 2014 by Skype cofounders Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis – is on something of a tear at the moment, having just raised $17.2 million from investors that included Daimler.

New wave of robots set to deliver the goods

A January 26, 2016 photo shows the Starship Technologies delivery robot at the Washington Auto Show in Washington, DC. AFP / MANDEL NGAN Washington: The robots of the future will be coming soon, rolling along at a lumbering pace with those goods you just ordered.

New wave of robots set to deliver the goods

The six-wheeled, knee-high robots from startup Starship Technologies are part of a new wave of automated systems taking aim at the “last mile” delivery of goods to consumers. The robots of the future will be coming soon, rolling along at a lumbering pace with those goods you just ordered.