Boxbot (unmanned vehicle)

2019: Use for delivery of sendings

At the beginning of June, 2019 the Californian startup of Boxbot provided the system of delivery which consists of the autonomous local logistic center and vehicle fleet of robotic trucks.

In 2018 the Boxbot company founded by the former engineers of Uber and Tesla collected $7.5 million investments, including from investment division of Toyota AI Ventures, but developments of Boxbot remained in a secret. However the company did larger rates, than her competitors who were actively advertizing the developments.

The system of logistics Boxbot includes the automated local centers near residential quarters where packets are accepted, sorted and prepared for delivery and also vehicle fleet of pilotless trucks. Sending goods to such centers waiting for orders, retail dealers can offer buyers fast and inexpensive delivery.

Boxbot robots mail carriers began to carry sendings

The concept is not new. Many companies, such as CommonSense Robotics, worked on similar technologies to cut down expenses and delivery time. However Boxbot offers both the center of storage, and the delivery system at once, providing the convenient solution to many sellers. The cofounder and the technical director of Boxbot Mark Godwin noted that automation transformed practically all aspects of the goods delivery, but the last step when sendings are delivered directly to the consumer's threshold, still was completely manual process. Boxbot managed to automate also this last step.

Construction of the automated logistic centers near residential quarters will involve considerable costs. However Boxbot signed the partnership agreement with OnTrac, one of the delivery companies of sendings, largest in the country, – OnTrac will test the logistic solution Boxbot in California, and the company in turn will define methods of integration of new technologies into OnTrac delivery infrastructure.^[1]

Robotics

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