The robot has a temperature-controlled box designed to keep your pizza's piping hot and your drinks cold that rises up from inside the device to allow customers to collect their meal after imputing a unique codePhoto: Mike Curtain/Dominos
The robot has a temperature-controlled box designed to keep your pizza's piping hot and your drinks cold that rises up from inside the device to allow customers to collect their meal after imputing a unique code

'Uses military laser technology to navigate the streets'

        Domino's Australia has created the world's first pizza delivery robot
        Company worked in collaboration with Marathon Robotics for six months
        White, four-wheeled robotic unit can travel up to speeds of 20 kilometres
        It users lasers to identify obstacles and has a temperature-controlled box




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    A military robot that was designed to dodge bullets in the battlefield will now deliver pizza to your doorstop.
    Domino's Australia has been working in a development lab with Australian start-up company Marathon Robotics for about six months to create DRU, the world's first autonomous delivery vehicle.
    The white, four-wheeled robotic unit can travel up to speeds of 20 kilometres






    Domino's Australia has been working with start-up company Marathon Robotics to create the world's first autonomous delivery vehicle - a robot that delivers pizza to your doorstep
    Domino's Australia has been working with start-up company Marathon Robotics to create the world's first autonomous delivery vehicle - a robot that delivers pizza to your doorstep
    Inside DRU's sleek white exterior lies a temperature-controlled box designed to keep your pizza's piping hot and your drinks cold that rises up from inside the device to allow customers to collect their meal after imputing a unique code.
    'It seems pretty crazy to us that one and a half - two tonne vehicles deliver a few hundred grams of pizza in the neighbourhood,' Domino's Group CEO and Managing Director Don Meij said.
    Mr Meij thinks traditional delivery methods are still 'quite an inefficient way for the future' but said there are still deliveries that DRU simply can not do.
    The Australian entrepreneur, who started out as a delivery driver himself, said the new system has the potential to reduce costs to the business like wages, but thinks its unlikely DRU's will be taking the jobs of young delivery drivers who make up a large percentage of the workforce.
    'It pulls a lot of cost out of the business. Obviously labour is the number one cost; the whole management of our delivery fleet is expensive,' he said.




    The white, four-wheeled robotic unit can travel up to speeds of 20 kilometres and is able to navigate the streets independently, with a built in sensory system that uses lasers to can identify obstacles 
    The white, four-wheeled robotic unit can travel up to speeds of 20 kilometres and is able to navigate the streets independently, with a built in sensory system that uses lasers to can identify obstacles 
    The unit can travel around 20 kilometres on its rechargeable battery and while DRU's power unit will be altered to give it more longevity in the future
    The unit can travel around 20 kilometres on its rechargeable battery and while DRU's power unit will be altered to give it more longevity in the future