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 Bot at Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA[OPERATIONAL]
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA · Jun 1, 2024 · Starship Technologies · Starship Bot
Details - Starship Bot at Greensboro, North Carolina, USA (NC A&T)[OPERATIONAL]
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA (NC A&T) · Jun 1, 2024 · Starship Technologies · Starship Bot
Details - Starship Bot at Boise, Idaho, USA[OPERATIONAL]
Boise, Idaho, USA · Aug 24, 2023 · Starship Technologies · Starship Bot
Details - Starship Bot at Wichita, Kansas, USA (WSU)[OPERATIONAL]
Wichita, Kansas, USA (WSU) · Aug 24, 2023 · Starship Technologies · Starship Bot
Details - Starship Bot at Irvine, California, USA[OPERATIONAL]
Irvine, California, USA · Mar 4, 2020 · Starship Technologies · Starship Bot
Details - Starship Bot at Richardson, Texas, USA (UT Dallas)[OPERATIONAL]
Richardson, Texas, USA (UT Dallas) · Dec 26, 2019 · Starship Technologies · Starship Bot
Details - Starship Bot at Houston, Texas, USA (UH)[OPERATIONAL]
Houston, Texas, USA (UH) · Aug 1, 2019 · Starship Technologies · Starship Bot
Details - Starship Bot at Madison, Wisconsin, USA[OPERATIONAL]
Madison, Wisconsin, USA · Aug 1, 2019 · Starship Technologies · Starship Bot
Details - Starship Bot at Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA (JMU)[OPERATIONAL]
Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA (JMU) · Aug 1, 2019 · Starship Technologies · Starship Bot
Details - Starship Bot at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (Pitt)[OPERATIONAL]
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (Pitt) · Aug 1, 2019 · Starship Technologies · Starship Bot
Details - Starship Bot at Flagstaff, Arizona, USA (NAU)[OPERATIONAL]
Flagstaff, Arizona, USA (NAU) · Aug 1, 2019 · Starship Technologies · Starship Bot
Details - Starship Bot at Bowling Green, Ohio, USA[OPERATIONAL]
Bowling Green, Ohio, USA · Feb 20, 2020 · Starship Technologies · Starship Bot
Details - Starship Bot at Oxford, Mississippi, USA (Ole Miss)[OPERATIONAL]
Oxford, Mississippi, USA (Ole Miss) · Jan 1, 2020 · Starship Technologies · Starship Bot
Details - Starship Bot at West Lafayette, Indiana, USA (Purdue)[OPERATIONAL]
West Lafayette, Indiana, USA (Purdue) · Aug 1, 2019 · Starship Technologies · Starship Bot
Details - Starship Bot at Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland[OPERATIONAL]
Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland · Jan 1, 2022 · Starship Technologies · Starship Bot
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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]- Amazon
[PUBLIC] · 25 models · 25 deployments
Inspect - Starship Technologies
[PRIVATE] · 2 models · 58 deployments · Funding: $50M
Inspect - Serve Robotics
[PUBLIC] · 3 models · 33 deployments · Funding: $247M
Inspect - Avride
[SUBSIDIARY] · 2 models · 23 deployments · Funding: $375M
Inspect - Coco Robotics
[PRIVATE] · 2 models · 18 deployments · Funding: $160M
Inspect - Kiwibot
[PRIVATE] · 2 models · 18 deployments · Funding: $23M
Inspect - Daxbot
[PRIVATE] · 2 models · 11 deployments · Funding: $1M
Inspect - Cartken
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 6 deployments · Funding: $23M
Inspect - Also
[PRIVATE] · 2 models · 5 deployments · Funding: $455M
Inspect - FedEx Corporation
[ACTIVE] · 3 models · 4 deployments
Inspect - DoorDash
[ACTIVE] · 1 models · 3 deployments
Inspect - JD Logistics
[SUBSIDIARY] · 1 models · 3 deployments
Inspect - Neubility
[ACTIVE] · 1 models · 3 deployments · Funding: $41M
Inspect - Yape
[ACTIVE] · 1 models · 3 deployments · Funding: $3M
Inspect - Haomo.AI
[PRIVATE] · 2 models · 2 deployments · Funding: $215M
Inspect
Regulatory Policies & Safety Standards
[50 Filings]- Pennsylvania SB 1199: Personal Delivery Devices classified as pedestrians[in effect]
Pennsylvania · registration
Inspect filing - ERCOT opens a fast-track grid-connection path for large flexible loads (Batch Zero and PCLR)[in effect]
Texas · operational restriction
Inspect filing - Texas pauses new data-center grid connections pending a statewide PUCT and ERCOT audit[in effect]
Texas · operational restriction
Inspect filing - Texas personal delivery device law (Tex. Transp. Code Ch. 552A)[in effect]
Texas · operational restriction
Inspect filing - Utah personal delivery device law (Utah Code 41-6a-1119)[in effect]
Utah · operational restriction
Inspect filing - Arlington VA PDD Pilot Program: Avride Delivery Robot Sidewalk Operations[in effect]
Virginia · permit
Inspect filing - Virginia Governor Spanberger signs Executive Order 22: state agencies barred from NDAs on data center projects[in effect]
Virginia · other
Inspect filing - Virginia personal delivery device law (Va. Code 46.2-908.1:1)[in effect]
Virginia · operational restriction
Inspect filing - Washington State Personal Delivery Device regulations[in effect]
Washington State · operational restriction
Inspect filing - Kirkland, WA Ordinance O-4779: emergency moratorium on Personal Delivery Devices[in effect]
Kirkland · operational restriction
Inspect filing - DC DDOT Issues Additional Permits for Personal Delivery Devices[in effect]
Washington, D.C. · permit
Inspect filing - Washington, D.C. Law 22-137: Personal Delivery Device Act of 2018 (permanent PDD program)[in effect]
Washington, D.C. · permit
Inspect filing - Wisconsin personal delivery device law (2017 Wisconsin Act 13)[in effect]
Wisconsin · operational restriction
Inspect filing - EU Artificial Intelligence Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689)[in effect]
European Union · other
Inspect filing - South Korea Intelligent Robots Act (2023 amendment; outdoor/sidewalk robots, Act No. 19412)[in effect]
South Korea · operational restriction
Inspect filing
AI Foundations & Model Brains
[1 Stacks]- Avride ADS[Verified Stack]
Powers: Avride delivery robot, Avride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5)