Domino’s teams up with Nuro for driverless pizza delivery
Nuro, the self-driving delivery startup, is teaming up with Domino’s to launch a pilot for driverless pizza delivery in Houston, Texas, the companies announced Monday. Starting later this year, Domino’s will use Nuro’s driverless fleet of custom-built robot cars to deliver pizza to select Houston residents who place orders online.
Nuro has been ramping up its activities in recent months since receiving a $1 billion investment from Japanese tech company SoftBank. The funding was a huge vote of confidence for one of the lesser known startups working on self-driving technology. Formed in 2016, Nuro has set itself apart by focusing on food delivery rather than people-moving.
Robot cars are just one way the tech industry is looking to disrupt delivery and food take-out in particular. It was recently reported that Uber plans to start delivering fast food by drone in San Diego this summer. Delivery workers look to be the first on the chopping block in the coming shift to autonomy.



