Avride launches sidewalk delivery bots on Uber Eats in Jersey City

Avride launches sidewalk delivery bots on Uber Eats in Jersey City

Uber Eats customers in Jersey City can now have their orders delivered by one of Avride’s autonomous sidewalk delivery robots. The launch, which kicked

Uber Eats teams with Avride to bring food delivery to Jersey City

Uber Technologies has teamed with Avride in a multiyear partnership to bring Avride’s delivery robots and autonomous vehicles to Uber and Uber Eats. Uber Eats will now be dispatching robots to make deliveries in Jersey City—the first time the food delivery service has deployed the technology on the East Coast. Avride is a developer of autonomous vehicles and delivery robots. The service will initially be available from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. for cust…

Uber Eats enlists robots for Jersey City deliveries

If you live or work in downtown Jersey City, your next Uber Eats order may arrive courtesy of a sidewalk robot. As part of a multiyear partnership between the rideshare giant and autonomous vehicle startup Avride, the city will become the first East Coast location to test out robot food delivery. The program began last fall in Austin and then expanded to Dallas before coming to Jersey City. Starting this week, Uber Eats customers in Jersey City …