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Self-driving robots deliver food on campus

Mar 1, 2021, 18:28 PM

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Published date : Feb 17, 2021, 00:00 AM

Whizz Mobility, a student start-up at NTU Singapore, has developed a fleet of self-driving robots that deliver in a smarter, greener and contactless manner, making it a safe option in a pandemic.

Called the FoodBot, these four-wheeled electronically powered robots have delivered over 6,000 lunch and dinner orders on the NTU campus since June 2020 – when Singapore started Phase 1 of its exit from the circuit breaker. Its pilot is carried out with Cates, a food delivery mobile app developed by Wecome, another start-up that was incubated in NTU.

As an extension of the pilot, the fleet of five robots is now also delivering bubble tea ordered through Cates to selected locations on campus from 3pm to 4pm.

Whizz is now in talks with food and beverage partners on potential collaborations and is exploring the option of extending its delivery services to non-food partners, and working with more testbed partners, facilitators and aggregators.

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