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<\/div>The Last Mile<\/h2>
This self-driving car can now do more than just transport packages to customers’ homes — it can actually deliver the goods.<\/p>
On Friday, Cleveron — the tech firm behind Walmart’s online pickup towers<\/a> — unveiled a self-driving robotic courier named Lotte<\/a> at an Estonian robotics conference.<\/p> Based on a video<\/a> of Lotte in action, the delivery vehicle can not only drive itself to a secure locker, but even place a package inside with a fold-out robotic arm — eliminating the need for any human intervention.<\/p> Cleveron plans to begin testing Lotte on Estonian streets in 2020. Once the system is in action, CEO Arno Kutt thinks it’ll prove to be a win-win for both retailers and customers.<\/strong><\/p> “[T]he robot courier will replace human labor, which makes the last mile delivery cheaper,” he told Business Insider<\/em><\/a>. “This in turn helps e-commerce grow even more — it will be less expensive (we eliminate labor costs) and extremely convenient (the parcels are waiting for you safely in your own parcel locker).”<\/p> This is far from the first autonomous delivery vehicle<\/a> we’ve seen, but it is one of the first to completely remove humans from the process — typically, the customer would need to actually retrieve their order from the vehicle.<\/p> Of course, it’ll be a while before every customer of Walmart and the like has access to a secure parcel locker, but this video is an intriguing vision of the future of retail — and one that might have a decent chance of actually coming true.<\/p> READ MORE: <\/strong>This Futuristic Car Could Solve a Multibillion-Dollar Problem Facing Amazon, Walmart, and Target<\/a> [Business Insider<\/em>]<\/p> More on autonomous delivery: Ford and Walmart Want Self-Driving Cars to Deliver Your Groceries<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p> The post This Self-Driving Car Uses a Fold-Out Robot Arm to Deliver Parcels<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Continue reading here: The Last Mile This\u00a0self-driving car can now do more than just transport packages to customers\u2019 homes \u2014 it can actually deliver the goods. On Friday, Cleveron \u2014 the tech firm behind Walmart\u2019s online pickup towers \u2014 unveiled a self-driving robotic courier named Lotte at an\u00a0Estonian robotics conference. Continue reading Testing Grounds<\/h2>
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