FedEx began to deliver parcels on cars without drivers

In mid-June 2021, the developer of robotic solutions Nuro announced a collaboration with the logistics company FedEx, in which the delivery of the last mile will be carried out with the participation of Nuro unmanned vehicles. The pilot program was launched in the Houston area (USA).

This multi-year commitment will allow us to truly collaborate and reinvent Nuro's powerful technologies to more people and, ultimately, achieve a large-scale deployment, "said Cosimo Leipold, head of Nuro's partner department, in a press release. - Our collaboration will allow us to offer innovative, industry-leading products that will improve everyday life and help achieve a higher level of safety and environmental friendliness.

FedEx began to deliver parcels on cars without drivers

For Nuro, this is not the first experience in Houston, the company's solutions are already used by the Kroger supermarket chain and the Domino's Pizza pizza chain. Nuro also organized unmanned vehicle delivery testing in Arizona.

Representatives of FedEx believe that the automation of delivery will solve the problem of "unprofitable" orders, which traditional couriers are ready to fulfill last due to inconvenient time, route or distance of destination. In this mode, people and robots will be able to coexist harmoniously without claiming to replace each other.

In addition to FedEx, Nuro already has several partnerships with companies such as Domino's Pizza and CVS Pharmacy, but FedEx takes them to a completely different level. FedEx processes about 18 million parcels a day and has a fleet of 200,000 cars.

Companies will be aimed at such delivery scenarios in which a low-speed unmanned Nuro car can provide "the greatest return on investment," Cosimo Leipold said in an interview with Reuters representatives.^[1]

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