Talabat has begun testing autonomous delivery robots inside Dubai high-rise buildings, in a pilot aimed at cutting the time riders spend entering buildings, waiting for lifts and travelling to individual floors.

The pilot is taking place at Dubai Digital Park’s A6 commercial building in Dubai Silicon Oasis. Under the trial, delivery riders hand orders to a QuikBot robot at a designated point inside the building, after which the robot takes the elevator and delivers the order to the customer’s door.

Customers collect their orders using a one-time password (OTP).

The system is designed to handle the part of a high-rise delivery that can take additional time for riders, including entering the building, waiting for elevators, and traveling to individual floors.

Talabat said the trial will assess how much time the system can save riders and how the companies’ technology works together in a live delivery setting.

Simonida Subotic, Vice-President and Managing Director of Talabat UAE, said the pilot would let the company test autonomous robots for building access and elevator travel.

QuikBot’s system uses its QuikSync platform to give robots a digital identity and manage their interaction with buildings and people. The company’s autonomous delivery platform is already being used in operations in Singapore and the UAE.

(Source: Khaleej Times)