Cartken's AI-powered sidewalk robots will land
in Miami before multi-city
expansion in 2023
MIAMI, Dec. 15,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:
UBER) and Cartken, a leading robotics company, today announced a
new partnership for food deliveries via automated robots in
Miami, Florida. Uber Eats
consumers in Miami will have the
opportunity to have orders delivered by Cartken's self-driving
robot.
Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) and
Cartken, a leading robotics company, today announced a new
partnership for food
Starting today, Uber and Cartken will begin operating with
select merchants in the Dadeland area of Miami-Dade County with plans to expand in
Miami-Dade and to additional
cities in 2023. Cartken's AI-powered sidewalk delivery robots
currently are used for neighborhood food and grocery delivery,
campus meal delivery and curbside pickup across the country. Uber
Eats will be its first formal partnership with a global on-demand
delivery app beyond college campuses.
"We are excited about how this partnership with Uber will bring
the advantages of robotics to food delivery—and ultimately create
more connected communities," said Christian
Bersch, Co-founder and CEO at Cartken. "Together, we have
the opportunity to reduce traffic congestion, help local merchants
to increase delivery capacity, and bring consumers fast,
convenient, and emission-free deliveries."
Uber's partnership with Cartken is an expansion of the company's
efforts to use automated and autonomous technology to unlock
greater innovation for consumers and merchant partners in
Miami and beyond.
"Miami is a thriving Uber Eats
market and we are excited to bring its residents a little more Uber
magic through sidewalk robot delivery," said Noah Zych, Global Head of Autonomous Mobility
and Delivery at Uber. "Our partnership with Cartken marks another
important milestone for our efforts in automated and autonomous
technology and will provide greater reliability and affordability
to Miami merchants and
consumers."
Uber Eats delivers instant access to local commerce, helping
people across the world discover restaurants and merchants, order
meals, groceries, alcohol, and more at the touch of a button—and
get it delivered reliably and quickly. The business leverages
Uber's technology and logistics expertise to partner with 870,000
merchants in 11,000+ cities globally.
For more information on Uber, visit uber.com/newsroom, and for
more information on Cartken, visit cartken.com.
About Uber
Uber's mission is to create opportunity through movement. We
started in 2010 to solve a simple problem: how do you get access to
a ride at the touch of a button? More than 36 billion trips later,
we're building products to get people closer to where they want to
be. By changing how people, food, and things move through cities,
Uber is a platform that opens up the world to new
possibilities.
About Cartken
Cartken is an AI-powered robotics company building sidewalk
delivery robots currently used for neighborhood food/grocery
delivery, campus meal delivery, and curbside pickup. The autonomy
guiding our robots makes them the safest and most reliable in the
market today. We serve as a technology provider in a B2B
relationship allowing our partners to own the consumer
relationship. Cartken's team of ex-Google engineers and operators
combine deep expertise in self-driving cars, AI-powered robotics,
and delivery operations.
Contact: Uber
press@uber.com
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