Colombian startup Rappi is piloting deliveries by robots as a safe way of getting food to people forced to stay at home due to the coronavirus ...
Colombian startup Rappi is piloting deliveries by robots as a safe way of getting food to people forced to stay at home due to the coronavirus pandemic.
People wearing face masks watch delivery robots from the Colombian company Rappi traveling down a street, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Medellin, Colombia April 17, 2020. REUTERS/David EstradaShare this contentBOGOTA: Colombian startup Rappi is piloting deliveries by robots as a safe way of getting food to people forced to stay at home due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The pilot started this week in Medellin, Colombia's second-largest city. The boxy robots, which travel on four wheels and are decked with orange flags on their antennae, carry deliveries of up to 35 square centimeters and are used to transport restaurant orders paid for digitally.The robots complete the last mile of the deliveries and are disinfected before and after each use, Rappi said in a statement on Thursday night.
Rappi, which has around 200,000 distributors across nine Latin American countries, reported a year-on-year 30per cent rise in deliveries during the first two months of 2020 - before the lockdown began. In the fiercely competitive world of home deliveries, Brazil's iFood last week announced it had bought a controlling stake in Rappi's Colombian rival Domicilios.com as it looks to expand in the region.
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