FedEx Unplugged Autonomous Delivery Robot

It has been used in many different fields autonomous robots, is also used by online ordering platforms, which have an important place in our daily lives. In the past months, the popular food delivery application Yemeksepeti has started testing to deliver its orders with a robot.

In addition, Amazon was also conducting field tests to deliver orders to its delivery robot, which it called ‘Scout’. However, the company recently announced that it has stopped these tests. Now, one of the world’s largest cargo and logistics services using such robots. from FedEx similar decision.

FedEx gives up on delivery robot

FedEx, in its statements,Roxo’ announced that he was giving up his robot named after him. According to information obtained by Robotics 24/7, Sriram Krishnasamy, one of the company’s officials, announced this decision. Krishnasamy used the following statements in his statements:While robotics and automation are key parts of our innovation strategy, Roxo failed to meet the short-term requirements. While we are ending our research and development efforts, we can say that Roxo serves a valuable purpose in advancing our use and understanding of robotic technology.”

According to the news, the company also decided to abandon Roxo to focus on some other opportunities in the near term. Fedex started working on the robot equipped with sensors in 2019 in partnership with DEKA. roxo, for three years was also tested in different regions.

So why are companies giving up on delivery robots?

As we mentioned at the beginning of our article, in addition to FedEx, Amazon also took a step back in terms of delivery robots. The US-based giant company, which started in 2019Scout’ He stated that his project has ended its tests and that he will review the program.

It was also stated that the Scout team, consisting of approximately 400 people, was disbanded worldwide. This made the future of Scout uncertain. Amazon also emphasized that it has not completely terminated the Scout project. The company added that they will be rescaling the program and they still have a Scout team.

Amazon says delivery robots in their statement unable to meet customers’ requirement expressed. FedEx’s presentation of a similar reason revealed that the robots did not meet the expectations as imagined. The idea is for these robots to take orders and deliver them to customers’ doorsteps. However, although these devices are autonomous, when faced with unexpected situations needs remote control. Also, just like a normal person. they can’t move fast They offer far fewer advantages over traditional couriers.

Although it is a known fact that the demand for online orders has increased significantly with the pandemic, delivery robots have not become as widespread as expected. We can say that it takes a while for the widespread use of these robots, which cannot meet the expectations at the moment.