Domino’s waist-high pizza delivery droid has four sensors and several cameras which allow it to detect when people or other obstacles block its path. — dpa
BERLIN: Six kilometres per hour is a brisk pace on foot. You quickly notice that when you try to keep up with the delivery robot from Domino’s, as the waist-high box on wheels makes its way along Berlin’s pavements to deliver pizzas.
The robot is part of a pilot project in the German capital. Four sensors and several cameras give the vehicle a 360° view. The robot recognises when people, strollers or dogs get in its way and then reduces its speed or stops altogether.
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Domino’s waist-high pizza delivery droid has four sensors and several cameras which allow it to detect when people or other obstacles block its path. — dpa
While it’s fun to look at, the Domino’s pizza delivery robot comes with some limitations. For example, it can only deliver within a tight radius of the restaurant so that the food isn’t cold when it arrives at the customer’s door. — dpa
Domino’s delivery robot crossing a street in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg. — dpa
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