--- title: "Demand for Autonomous Delivery Bots is “Expanding Exponentially”" description: "Robot delivery service company Starship Technologies is seeing a massive opportunity to grow amid the coronavirus outbreak." date: "2020-04-10" modified: "2020-04-10" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/demand-for-autonomous-delivery-bots-is-expanding-exponentially" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Self-Driving Vehicles" tags: - "autonomous delivery" - "Starship Technologies" - "the digest" --- # Demand for Autonomous Delivery Bots is “Expanding Exponentially” ![Robot delivery service company Starship Technologies is seeing a massive opportunity to grow amid the coronavirus outbreak.]() *\Image: Starship\* ## Autonomous Delivery Robot delivery service company Starship Technologies is seeing a massive opportunity to grow amid the coronavirus outbreak that has millions of people staying home, [*TechCrunch* reports](). "The demand for contactless delivery has expanded exponentially in recent weeks," the company's business development head, Ryan Tuohy, said in a statement. ## Skyrocketing Demand Restaurants and stores are still relying on people to make deliveries for them — a job that's becoming increasingly dangerous, especially [without the right protective equipment](). But Starship's six-wheeled delivery robots can't get infected by a deadly virus. The beach cooler sized buggies can also be easily sanitized between uses. ## Pizza Bot Venezia's New York Style Pizza in Phoenix, Arizona is [now delivering pies]() by first sanitizing the inside and outside of a Starship robot and placing the robot inside. The robot then travels to customers within a half mile radius. They can even hop curbs and operate in snowy conditions. Human operators back at HQ can take control over them any time as well. "It is so much easier to sanitize a robot putting it in there and sending it on its way no interaction the 6 feet thing is super easy to do with a robot they don’t say anything," restaurant manager Renny Mitchell [told local news]() station *Fox 10* *Phoenix*. **READ MORE:**[ Starship Technologies is sending its autonomous robots to more cities as demand for contactless delivery rises]() \[*TechCrunch*\] **More on Starship:** *[This Startup Is Deploying Thousands of Autonomous Delivery Robots]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()