Co-op has announced the expansion of its robot delivery service in partnership with Starship Technologies.
The retailer has also revealed it is ramping-up its same-day online and click and collect grocery service which will be available from more than 1,000 stores by the end of this year.
Co-op, which said it is the first UK retailer to use autonomous robot delivery, plans to use 300 robots from Starship – a leading provider of autonomous delivery services – by the end of 2020.
Robot deliveries will roll-out to Northampton this week. They are already available from eight of Co-op stores in and around Milton Keynes.
The autonomous service will provide around 5,000 households with contactless deliveries initially from the Co-op food store in Wootton Fields, with robots typically travelling up to three miles from the store.
According to Co-op, Northampton residents can access groceries delivered by robot through the Starship Food Delivery app. They then drop a “pin” where they want their delivery to be sent, and can watch in real-time as the robot makes its journey via an interactive map. Once the robot arrives, they receive an alert and can then meet and unlock it through the app.
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