A Starship's delivery robot got stuck on a snowy pedestrian sidewalk. At an university campus in Arizona, US, the on-demand food delivery via robot used to be one of the popular way to deliver breakfast from campus canteen to dorms. Due to
See moreA Starship's delivery robot got stuck on a snowy pedestrian sidewalk. At an university campus in Arizona, US, the on-demand food delivery via robot used to be one of the popular way to deliver breakfast from campus canteen to dorms. Due to the unprecedented snowfall caused by severe cold wave on the day, the road was completely snowed in. What made it worse for the robot was that snowplows cleared the road, piling it up on the sidewalk. That made the journey for robots rough, bumpy, and unexpectedly tough. People expect robots to deliver food to home on heavy snow days, but it is also a hard tasks for robots. Snowplow methods compatible with robot delivery service needs to be devised in snowy area. (Mar 2023)
