Sidewalk delivery
Autonomous pedestrian-path rovers, last-mile food and parcel delivery fleets, and municipal sidewalk right-of-way operating authorities.
Active Deployments
[241 Recorded]- Starship Delivery Robot at Barnsley, UK[OPERATIONAL]
Barnsley, UK · Apr 1, 2026 · Starship Technologies · Starship Delivery Robot
Details - Starship Delivery Robot at Washington, D.C.[OPERATIONAL]
Washington, D.C. · Jul 15, 2026 · Starship Technologies · Starship Delivery Robot
Details - White Rhino Delivery Vehicle at China, Asia[OPERATIONAL]
China, Asia · Jun 1, 2024 · White Rhino · White Rhino Delivery Vehicle
Details - White Rhino Delivery Vehicle at United States (multiple hotel chains)[OPERATIONAL]
United States (multiple hotel chains) · Jun 1, 2024 · White Rhino · White Rhino Delivery Vehicle
Details - Yandex Rover at Moscow, Russia[OPERATIONAL]
Moscow, Russia · Dec 9, 2020 · Yandex · Yandex Rover
Details - Yango Delivery Robot at Germany, Europe[OPERATIONAL]
Germany, Europe · Jun 1, 2024 · Yango Delivery · Yango Delivery Robot
Details - Yango Delivery Robot at United States (multiple hotel chains)[OPERATIONAL]
United States (multiple hotel chains) · Jun 1, 2024 · Yango Delivery · Yango Delivery Robot
Details - YAPE at Milan[OPERATIONAL]
Milan · Dec 1, 2017 · Yape · YAPE
Details - Also Autonomous Delivery Vehicle at Phoenix, Arizona, USA[PILOT]
Phoenix, Arizona, USA · Mar 31, 2026 · Also · Also Autonomous Delivery Vehicle
Details - Avride delivery robot at Seoul, South Korea (Gangnam)[PILOT]
Seoul, South Korea (Gangnam) · Sep 1, 2024 · Avride · Avride delivery robot
Details - Avride delivery robot at Dubai, United Arab Emirates[PILOT]
Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Jun 1, 2025 · Avride · Avride delivery robot
Details - Delivers AI robot (YEBO) at Madrid[PILOT]
Madrid · Jan 1, 2022 · Delivers AI · Delivers AI robot (YEBO)
Details - Dot at Fremont, California, USA[PILOT]
Fremont, California, USA · Mar 5, 2026 · DoorDash · Dot
Details - Kiwibot 4.0 at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (UBC)[PILOT]
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (UBC) · Sep 3, 2025 · Kiwibot · Kiwibot 4.0
Details - Kiwibot 4.0 at Sacramento, California, USA[PILOT]
Sacramento, California, USA · Aug 21, 2019 · Kiwibot · Kiwibot 4.0
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Hardware Platforms & Robot Models
[74 Indexed]- JD Autonomous Delivery Robot[PRODUCTION][2020–2025]
Level 4 autonomous delivery robot for last-mile package delivery.
JD Logistics · sidewalk-delivery · 3 deployments
View spec - Neubie[PRODUCTION][2022–2024]
Lidar-free autonomous sidewalk delivery and patrol robot using multi-camera V-SLAM navigation.
Neubility · sidewalk-delivery · 3 deployments
View spec - Meituan Autonomous Delivery Vehicle[PRODUCTION][2020–2024]
Street-legal autonomous delivery vehicle for food and local commerce.
Meituan · sidewalk-delivery · 2 deployments
View spec - Starship Bot[COMMERCIAL][2016–2026]
Starship Bot is the six-wheeled autonomous sidewalk delivery robot of Starship Technologies, founded in 2014 by Skype co-founders Ahti Heinla, who is also chief executive, and Janus Friis, with headquarters in San Francisco and engineering hubs in Tallinn, Estonia and Helsinki, Finland.
Starship Technologies · sidewalk-delivery · 41 deployments
View spec - Serve Gen 3[COMMERCIAL][2024–2026]
Serve Gen 3 is the third-generation autonomous sidewalk delivery robot of Serve Robotics, a public company listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker SERV, and is recorded in the sidewalk form factor as the public-company counterpoint to privately held delivery peers, since its SEC-disclosed quarterly filings give it stronger verification depth.
Serve Robotics · sidewalk-delivery · 29 deployments
View spec - Avride delivery robot[COMMERCIAL][2020–2026]
Avride's autonomous sidewalk delivery robot, evolved from the Yandex rover platform.
Avride · sidewalk-delivery · 18 deployments
View spec - Kiwibot 4.0[COMMERCIAL][2017–2025]
Fourth-generation Kiwibot sidewalk delivery robot.
Kiwibot · sidewalk-delivery · 16 deployments
View spec - Coco Bot[COMMERCIAL][2024–2025]
Coco's flagship sidewalk delivery robot.
Coco Robotics · sidewalk-delivery · 12 deployments
View spec - Serve Robot[COMMERCIAL][2022–2025]
Level 4 autonomous sidewalk delivery robot for last-mile food delivery via Uber Eats.
Serve Robotics · sidewalk-delivery · 4 deployments
View spec - Dax ADA[COMMERCIAL][2025–2026]
The Dax ADA is an autonomous sidewalk accessibility assessment robot that uses centimeter-accurate RTK GPS and laser suites to generate PROWAG-grade sidewalk inventories.
Daxbot · sidewalk-delivery · 7 deployments
View spec - Cartken Courier[COMMERCIAL][2022–2024]
Cartken (Oakland, California; founded 2019 by ex-Google engineers from the Bookbot project, led by CEO Christian Bersch; about $22.5 million raised from investors including Magna International, Shell Ventures, and Mitsubishi Electric) makes six-wheeled autonomous sidewalk delivery robots.
Cartken · sidewalk-delivery · 6 deployments
View spec - Coco Delivery Robot[COMMERCIAL][2020–2026]
Coco's sidewalk delivery robot for last-mile restaurant and grocery delivery, remotely supervised by human operators.
Coco Robotics · sidewalk-delivery · 6 deployments
View spec - YAPE[COMMERCIAL][2017–2022]
YAPE is a two-wheeled, self-balancing autonomous last-mile delivery robot developed by Italian company Yapemobility, a spin-off of the e-Novia venture studio.
Yape · sidewalk-delivery · 3 deployments
View spec - Amazon Scout[COMMERCIAL][2019–2024]
Amazon Scout was Amazon's six-wheeled, cooler-sized autonomous sidewalk delivery robot, the canonical sidewalk-delivery wind-down datapoint.
Amazon · sidewalk-delivery · 2 deployments
View spec - Circus Autonomous Kitchen System[COMMERCIAL][2024]
Autonomous food preparation and delivery system.
Circus Group · sidewalk-delivery · 2 deployments
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Real-World Incidents & Failure Modes
[108 Logged]- Serve Robotics delivery robot crashes into Chicago bus shelter shattering glass[PROPERTY DAMAGE]
Mar 24, 2026 · Serve Robotics · Serve Gen 3 · West Hollywood
Details - Serve Robotics delivery robot 'Nasir' shattered a CTA bus shelter in Chicago's West Town[PROPERTY DAMAGE]
Mar 22, 2026 · Serve Robotics · Serve Gen 3 · West Hollywood
Details - Serve Robotics delivery robot crashes through CTA bus shelter glass in West Town Chicago[PROPERTY DAMAGE]
Mar 22, 2026 · Serve Robotics · Serve Gen 3 · Chicago
Details - Serve Robotics delivery robot and mobility-scooter user involved in sidewalk encounter, West Hollywood (Sept 2025)[OTHER]
Sep 12, 2025 · Serve Robotics · Serve Gen 3 · West Hollywood
Details - Avride delivery robot collides with bicyclist in Jersey City bike lane[INJURY]
Avride
Details - Avride delivery robot collided with cyclist in Jersey City bike lane, causing concussion and broken clavicle[INJURY]
Avride
Details - Avride delivery robot struck a cyclist in Jersey City, who suffered a broken clavicle and concussion[INJURY]
Oct 22, 2025 · Avride · Avride delivery robot · Jersey City
Details - NHTSA opened an investigation into Avride after 16 robotaxi crashes in Dallas and Austin[REGULATORY ACTION]
May 6, 2026 · Avride · Avride delivery robot · Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Details - NHTSA opens investigation into Avride after 16 crashes in Dallas and Austin[REGULATORY ACTION]
May 8, 2026 · Avride · Avride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5) · Austin
Details - ADS crash report in Austin, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-11278)[COLLISION]
Jun 1, 2025 · Avride · Avride delivery robot · Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Dallas, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-13139)[COLLISION]
Sep 1, 2025 · Avride · Avride delivery robot · Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Austin, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-13154)[COLLISION]
Oct 1, 2025 · Avride · Avride delivery robot · Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Austin, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-13438)[COLLISION]
Nov 1, 2025 · Avride · Avride delivery robot · Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Austin, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-13439)[COLLISION]
Nov 1, 2025 · Avride · Avride delivery robot · Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Austin, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-13440)[COLLISION]
Nov 1, 2025 · Avride · Avride delivery robot · Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
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Active Manufacturers & Operators
[38 Tracked]- Robomart
[PRIVATE] · 2 models · 2 deployments · Funding: $6M
Inspect - Circus Group
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 2 deployments
Inspect - Delivers AI
[ACTIVE] · 1 models · 2 deployments · Funding: $4M
Inspect - iDriverPlus
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 2 deployments
Inspect - Kitchen Robotics
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 2 deployments · Funding: $6M
Inspect - Meituan
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 2 deployments
Inspect - Neolix Technologies
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 2 deployments · Funding: $79M
Inspect - Nourish + Bloom
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 2 deployments
Inspect - Ottonomy
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 2 deployments · Funding: $3M
Inspect - QuikBot Technologies
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 2 deployments
Inspect - White Rhino
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 2 deployments · Funding: $70M
Inspect - Yango Delivery
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 2 deployments
Inspect - Refraction AI
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 1 deployments · Funding: $4M
Inspect - Yandex
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 1 deployments
Inspect - Deutsche Post
[PRIVATE] · 1 models
Inspect
Regulatory Policies & Safety Standards
[50 Filings]- ANSI/A3 R15.08 - Industrial mobile robot (IMR) safety[in effect]
United States · safety standard
Inspect filing - ANSI/CAN/UL 3300:2024 - Safety for service, communication, information, education and entertainment (SCIEE) robots[in effect]
United States · safety standard
Inspect filing - ANSI/RIA R15.06 - US industrial robot and robot-system safety (adoption of ISO 10218)[in effect]
United States · safety standard
Inspect filing - BIS AI Diffusion Framework (Jan 13 2025)[in effect]
United States · operational restriction
Inspect filing - BIS Oct 17 2023 tightening of AI chip export controls[in effect]
United States · operational restriction
Inspect filing - FERC orders the six RTOs and ISOs to justify or reform large-load interconnection rules[in effect]
United States · operational restriction
Inspect filing - NVIDIA H20 China export licensing requirement (April 2025)[in effect]
United States · operational restriction
Inspect filing - Arizona personal delivery device law (Ariz. Rev. Stat. 28-913)[in effect]
Arizona · operational restriction
Inspect filing - San Jose Developing Delivery Robot Regulations (2026)[proposed]
California · permit
Inspect filing - Florida personal delivery device law (Fla. Stat. 316.2071)[in effect]
Florida · operational restriction
Inspect filing - Idaho personal delivery device law (Idaho Code 40-2305)[in effect]
Idaho · operational restriction
Inspect filing - North Carolina PDD Legislation: Personal Delivery Device Operation on Sidewalks and Crosswalks[in effect]
North Carolina · permit
Inspect filing - North Carolina personal delivery device law (N.C.G.S. 20-175.16 et seq.)[in effect]
North Carolina · operational restriction
Inspect filing - Ohio personal delivery device law (Ohio Rev. Code 4511.513)[in effect]
Ohio · operational restriction
Inspect filing - Pennsylvania Act 106 of 2020: Personal Delivery Devices[in effect]
Pennsylvania · permit
Inspect filing
AI Foundations & Model Brains
[1 Stacks]- Avride ADS[Verified Stack]
Powers: Avride delivery robot, Avride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5)