The
robot was invented by Skype co-founders Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis who
hope their machine will be appealing for small businesses who could
send up to 20lbs (9kg) of goods to local customers. It is as yet
unnamed, but Keith Cornell, Senior Adviser at Starship told MailOnline:
‘We may hold a contest and they may have multiple names. They might have
personalities of their own.’ Unlike robots designed to resemble humans,
Starship’s bot is purely functional with a large compartment to hold
deliveries, the equivalent size of two grocery bags. The invasion is set
to being in London next month when Starship Technologies’ delivery bots
are scheduled to begin trials and in Now York in spring. MailOnline
tested the unnamed robots at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
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