Cute Robots Ferrying Food

Cute Robots Ferrying Food

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Season 1, Episode 1005 , Segment 3

Marijuana Views, Deep Fakes, Robot Delivery, Hiccups

Episode: Marijuana Views, Deep Fakes, Robot Delivery, Hiccups

  • Feb 12, 2019 11:00 pm
  • 15:34 mins

Guest: Ryan Tuohy, Senior Vice President of Business Development, Starship Technologies. Pop culture loves heroic and cute robots: R2-D2, Wall-E, BB-8. Now what if one of those little guys delivered you a hot pepperoni pizza? That future may not be far off. As we speak, a fleet of delivery robots is ferrying food around the George Mason University campus. And that institution is just one of the many places around the world where delivery bots are being tested.