Domino’s Is Testing Self-Driving Pizza Delivery Robots

Domino’s Is Testing Self-Driving Pizza Delivery Robots.

Domino’s is stepping into the autonomous delivery future with robotics company Nuro.

The pizza chain is testing out Nuro’s independent R2 robots as self-driving pizza delivery robots at one of their Houston, Texas, locations.

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Their R2s are the first fully autonomous delivery vehicles to be approved for the open road by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Here’s how it works: customers ordering from the designated test location can opt in to have their food delivered via robot.

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The R2 vehicle is then loaded with the customer’s pizza and sent on its way.

The customer is able to track the robot’s travels on their phone.

Once the R2 has arrived, the customer plugs their unique PIN number into the robot’s built-in keypad and retrieves their order.

In a statement, Domino’s Senior Vice President Dennis Maloney described the program as an opportunity for the brand to learn about the “autonomous delivery space.” .

There is still so much for our brand to learn about the autonomous delivery space.

This program will allow us to better understand how customers respond to the deliveries, how they interact with the robot and how it affects store operations, Dennis Maloney, via Thrillist