Run out of milk? Robots on call for Singapore home deliveries


A customer collects his groceries from Carmello, an autonomous grocery delivery robot, in Singapore April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Edgar Su

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Hoping to capitalise on a surge in demand for home deliveries, a Singapore technology company has deployed a pair of robots to bring residents their groceries in one part of the city state.

Developed by OTSAW Digital and both named "Camello", the robots' services have been offered to 700 households in a one-year trial.

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