One of the world's largest food delivery platforms, Just Eat Takeaway, has turned to a Swiss company to experiment with robotic home deliveries. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox RIVR, a spin-off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ), has been chosen to conduct the pilot phase in Switzerland. "Together with Just Eat Takeaway.com we are working on a new generation of robotic deliveries, starting in Switzerland," RIVR wrote on its website. "We plan to introduce more robots in other European cities by the end of the year, with potential expansion into retail shops and convenience stores." During the trial phase, the robots - equipped with four limbs capable of climbing up and down stairs and fitted with wheels to navigate complex urban spaces - will deliver Just Eat customers' orders on behalf of the Zekis World restaurant in Oerlikon. For the first 30 days, the automatons intent on their transports will be closely monitored. In a second phase ...
