{"id":225995,"date":"2021-04-13T14:50:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T11:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dominos-and-nuro-run-self-driving-delivery-robots\/"},"modified":"2021-04-13T14:50:41","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T11:50:41","slug":"dominos-and-nuro-run-self-driving-delivery-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dominos-and-nuro-run-self-driving-delivery-robots\/","title":{"rendered":"#Domino\u2019s and Nuro run self-driving delivery robots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Domino\u2019s and Nuro run self-driving delivery robots<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>One small step for robot, one giant leap for rotbotkind.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to a partnership between autonomous delivery robot developers Nuro and Domino\u2019s, the pizza chain everyone knows and loves, you can now get your cheesy inches brought to your door by an emotionless battery-powered robotic serf.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/avz903cxvd?videoFoam=true&amp;autoplay=true&amp;silentAutoPlay=true\" title=\"Bumper 06 Video\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wistia_embed\" name=\"wistia_embed\" allowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span>Well, I say \u201cyou,\u201d but in reality it\u2019s only for a very small group of people\u2026 in a very specific location\u2026 on very specific days, that will be able to take advantage of this futuristic delivery option.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In fact, the only people that will be able to get their pizza delivered by robot are those that place a prepaid order from Domino\u2019s in Woodland Heights, located at 3209 Houston Ave.<\/p>\n<p>But Houston, we have another problem.<\/p>\n<p>Domino\u2019s hasn\u2019t said what days or times those customers will be able to select the Nuro as a delivery option. What\u2019s more, it seems that not everyone that selects the Nuro as the delivery option will actually get it.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/dominos-and-nuro-launch-autonomous-pizza-delivery-with-on-road-robot-301266185.html\">announcement<\/a>, the companies say: \u201cCustomers who are selected\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, it doesn\u2019t sound like everyone will actually get. But hey, the future is kind of here!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1346643 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/04\/Domino_Nuro_R2_Robot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/04\/Domino_Nuro_R2_Robot.jpg 950w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/04\/Domino_Nuro_R2_Robot-280x187.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/04\/Domino_Nuro_R2_Robot-405x270.jpg 405w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/04\/Domino_Nuro_R2_Robot-203x135.jpg 203w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/04\/Domino_Nuro_R2_Robot-796x530.jpg 796w\"\/><figcaption>Credit: Domino&#8217;s<\/figcaption><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fshift%2F2021%2F04%2F13%2Fdominos-nuro-delivering-pizzas-self-driving-robots%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Beginning this week, select customers who place a prepaid order on dominos.com on certain days and times from Domino\u2019s, located at 3209 Houston Ave. in Houston, can choose to have their pizza delivered by Nuro\u2019s R2 robot.\" data-title=\"Share Beginning this week, select customers who place a prepaid order on dominos.com on certain days and times from Domino\u2019s, located at 3209 Houston Ave. in Houston, can choose to have their pizza delivered by Nuro\u2019s R2 robot. on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Beginning this week, select customers who place a prepaid order on dominos.com on certain days and times from Domino\u2019s, located at 3209 Houston Ave. in Houston, can choose to have their pizza delivered by Nuro\u2019s R2 robot. on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>Beginning this week, select customers who place a prepaid order on dominos.com on certain days and times from Domino\u2019s, located at 3209 Houston Ave. in Houston, can choose to have their pizza delivered by Nuro\u2019s R2 robot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For those that do live near this Domino\u2019s outlet, the process is simple. Just order from the company\u2019s website, select the Nuro, and cross your fingers. If you do get your pizza delivered by robot, you\u2019ll get text alerts and can retrieve your \u2018za using a code to unlock the robot.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, it\u2019s just a trial. If all goes well, we might be looking at what is a small slice of what the future of pizza delivery will look like.<\/p>\n<p>If you ask me, I\u2019m still waiting for the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thekitchn.com\/its-2015-where-is-the-the-black-decker-food-hydrator-from-back-to-the-future-ii-214600\">Black and Decker pizza rehydration system<\/a> from Back to the Future. Get to it Domino\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time Domino\u2019s has experimented with futuristic delivery methods.<\/p>\n<p>As far back as 2016, the company mused about an awkward robot that was set to deliver pizzas. But then in June 2019, the company promised that by the end of the year it would have a fleet of Nuro delivery robots working around Houston.<\/p>\n<p>It seems that specific trial never came to anything. This latest announcement is perhaps<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the company used a drone to drop a hot steaming pie onto a Dutch beach. It tried a similar thing back in 2016, dropping pizzas from the heavens.<\/p>\n<p>It also delivered pizzas using a self-driving Ford Fusion back in 2017, although there were safety drivers present in this vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry about all the gags in this piece, I was feeling kind of cheesy.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><i><span>Do EVs excite your electrons? Do ebikes get your wheels spinning? 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Thanks to a partnership between autonomous delivery robot developers Nuro and Domino\u2019s, the pizza chain everyone knows and loves, you can now get your cheesy inches brought to your door by an emotionless battery-powered robotic serf. 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