ANN/YONHAP – Yogiyo, a South Korean food delivery platform, announced on Monday the official launch of the nation’s first robot-powered delivery service.
The service debuted in the Songdo district of Incheon, approximately 40 kilometres west of Seoul, with plans for a future nationwide rollout.
This marks the first time a South Korean food delivery app has introduced a robot delivery service, according to the company.
The self-driving delivery robots will operate within a 1.2-kilometre radius from participating restaurants, delivering food to locations such as apartment complexes, universities and office buildings.
The robots can only make one delivery per trip, the company explained.
Its delivery robots can travel at a maximum speed of 5.76km per hour according to related laws and slow down when they sense a person or a structure ahead, or drive on a narrow road.
Yogiyo said it has tested the robots’ self-driving capabilities in collaboration with autonomous robot service provider Neubility.
