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[shinobi602]

Aww it's cute.

Video: http://youtu.be/rb0nxQyv7RU

Pizza delivery boys and girls, beware! Pizza giant Domino’s has unveiled an autonomous pizza delivery robot that is being trialled in New Zealand.

On Friday the company unveiled the Domino’s Robotic Unit (DRU), and announced that the bot had already carried out its first successful pizza delivery on March 8. “DRU is an autonomous delivery vehicle and is set to take the world by storm,” the company wrote in a statement on its website.

The vehicle’s development started in 2015 and was pushed towards commercialisation by Domino’s Australia-based skunkworks DLab. According to a promotional video (embedded below), DRU uses software developed by the Australian military contractor Marathon, which manufactures autonomous robots with obstacle-avoidance capabilities.

The feature has been incorporated in DRU, which according to Domino’s can dodge hurdles thanks using on-board sensors. The autonomous four-wheeler is about one metre tall and contains two different compartments to keep beverages cool and pizzas (up to ten per robot) hot, which customers can unlock with an order-specific code. It can carry out a delivery within 20 kilometres from the store before needing a battery charge, and it is designed to move on both footpaths and roads.

http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2016/03/dominos-pizza-delivery-robot/

 

[Jarrod38]

Where is my drone at?

 

[DietRob]

Should we tip this thing?

 

[Windu]

do I tip it?

 

[HUELEN10]

No way I am tipping that thing, I only tip the pizza girl.

 

[ProfessorLobo]

It's going to need stealth capabilities as well.

 

[cyberheater]

It wouldn't work here near Glasgow. It would just get stolen.

 

[Reversed]

Expected a drone, but this is alright.

do I tip it?

It's programmed to annihilate non tippers.

 

[Quonny]

It's only a matter of time until we tip in electricity rather than cash.

"Please plug me in ugu~"

 

[Grifter]

* Program ineligible in Philadelphia.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Pizza bot deliver pizza

"this isn't my pizza"

Pizza bot demanding tip

"I said this isn't mine"

You trying to punk pizza bot?

*arm with knife comes out*

 

[UnemployedVillain]

I feel like this could work in some countries, but in the US this will be vandalized/stolen (along with the pizza) instantly. I mean, sure it'll have an onboard GPS and camera to figure out what happened, but still

 

[Dr_Boris_Goltz]

It just occured to me that robots will finally dismantle tipping culture.

That single positive outweighs every negative automation brings about.

 

[80s Bad Guy]

It just occured to me that robots will finally dismantle tipping culture.

That single positive outweighs every negative automation brings about.

WE HAVE COME FOR OUR BACK TIPS

 

[LuciusAxelrod]

I can't wait for the Miku-themed version for Japan that projects a holographic pop concert for you. So cute.

 

[Frankfurter]

I'd definitely tip those robots. If I don't, I know they'll be remember and make to kill me first in the eventual skynet-like future.

 

[Bubba T]

I welcome our pizza delivery overlords

*cue Terminator music*

 

[A Serious Man]

How many of these will be stolen/defaced within the first month?

 

[FinKL]

This and the other pizza thread pretty much sealed the deal for pizza tonight. Too bad we don't have this yet. It's interesting to see fast food joints try to embrace more and more tech

 

[MilkBeard]

What about fences and crazy weird stairs? I think they should expect these robots to go missing or get stuck often.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

What about fences and crazy weird stairs? I think they should expect these robots to go missing or get stuck often.

Found lost pizza robot
Don't call we bonded and I'm keeping him.
Don't make it awkward.

 

[echoshifting]

Ugh, can't believe some people are seriously contemplating not tipping just because it's a robot

 

[Ogodei]

What about fences and crazy weird stairs? I think they should expect these robots to go missing or get stuck often.

We have contingencies for that.

 

[rtcn63]

You know who they need to do the promos for this thing?

 

[Orbis Tabula]

Should we tip this thing?

Tip it over, maybe.

 

[Bubba T]

Ugh, can't believe some people are seriously contemplating not tipping just because it's a robot

?

 

[HStallion]

The US version will come with armor plating, tank treads, and built in defense systems. Also will come with snarky voice... or maybe Morgan Freemon will voice it as to sooth anyone it meets.

 

[Randomizer]

It wouldn't work here near Glasgow. It would just get stolen.

I doubt it would last that long anywhere. Anyone who sees it is going to be thinking 'Free pizza and a free robot!'. I'm sure it has security methods like cameras installed and obviously has GPS to locate it if stolen.

 

[krae_man]

It looks like it's going to deliver pizza's to Chulak.

 

[Karkador]

 

[Mac the KNife]

The Deliverator's gonna be pissed.

 

[Kevin]

The US version will come with armor plating, tank treads, and built in defense systems. Also will come with snarky voice... or maybe Morgan Freemon will voice it as to sooth anyone it meets.

It would need too. People here are barbaric. Americans would set it ablaze within minutes.

 

[Walter White Walker]

I give the thing a week before someone does something bad and terrible to it. Maybe a day.

 

[Akuun]

It's surprisingly cute. Probably totally intentional on the part of its designers.

This would definitely work in nicer countries but it would be defaced to shit if it was in the US in true "this is why we can't have nice things" style. Send it to a house and it would come back covered in graffiti and worse.

 

[rtcn63]

Also, it kind of looks if these two had a baby

 

[Skellig Gra]

Flawless

 

[Firebrand]

Tip for delivery. You have ten second to comply

 

[The Beard]

No chance this thing goes mainstream. It would be vandalized day one in most cities, and likely destroyed in its first month.

 

[Christopher]

?

Ignore it.

 

[BobTheFork]

We need to figure out how it transmits it's position. When I swipe on of these, I'll need to shut that off first.

 

[Ricky_R]

Why is Donatello on that thing instead of Michaelangelo?

 

[NeonBlack]

The crazy old person that complains to drivers for human interaction will not be happy about this.

 

[BoboBrazil]

How many of these will be stolen/defaced within the first month?

It's not the US so probably none?

 

[dan2026]

But how does it defend against pizza thieves?

 

[Brakke]

?

do you have avatars disabled?

 

[Koomaster]

Cool as heck. Pizza delivery robots are my friends now and I'll betray all of you over them.

 

[NeonBlack]

But how does it defend against pizza thieves?

Boiling hot cheese spray

 

[echoshifting]

Boiling hot cheese spray

That would be so rad

 

[Bubba T]

do you have avatars disabled?

On mobile, yes. It is probably a troll post, because it doesn't make sense.

 

[Mupod]

Why is Donatello on that thing instead of Michaelangelo?

He does machines.