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]- ADS crash report in Dallas, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-14068)[COLLISION]
Jan 1, 2026 · Avride · Avride delivery robot · Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Dallas, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-14069)[COLLISION]
Jan 1, 2026 · Avride · Avride delivery robot · Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Austin, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-14070)[COLLISION]
Jan 1, 2026 · Avride · Avride delivery robot · Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Austin, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-14142)[COLLISION]
Feb 1, 2026 · Avride · Avride delivery robot · Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Dallas, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-14147)[COLLISION]
Feb 1, 2026 · Avride · Avride delivery robot · Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Dallas, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-14148)[COLLISION]
Feb 1, 2026 · Avride · Avride delivery robot · Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Dallas, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-14150)[COLLISION]
Feb 1, 2026 · Avride · Avride delivery robot · Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Dallas, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-14166)[COLLISION]
Feb 1, 2026 · Avride · Avride delivery robot · Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Dallas, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-14200)[COLLISION]
Mar 1, 2026 · Avride · Avride delivery robot · Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Austin, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-14202)[COLLISION]
Feb 1, 2026 · Avride · Avride delivery robot · Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Dallas, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-14203)[COLLISION]
Mar 1, 2026 · Avride · Avride delivery robot · Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Austin, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-14235)[COLLISION]
Feb 1, 2026 · Avride · Avride delivery robot · Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Dallas, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-14236)[COLLISION]
Feb 1, 2026 · Avride · Avride delivery robot · Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Austin, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-14286)[COLLISION]
Mar 1, 2026 · Avride · Avride delivery robot · Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Details - ADS crash report in Dallas, TX involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 31101-14328)[COLLISION]
Mar 1, 2026 · 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]- 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)