At CES 2023, There Are Autonomous Robots That Can Send Packages Without Human Assistance

JAKARTA - Delivery robots are commonplace, but this time they are fully operational autonomously without human assistance at all. At the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), robotic delivery company Ottonomy has launched a new Ottobot model dubbed Yeti.

Ottonomy, said Yeti was the first fully autonomous delivery robot on the market. Yeti can make long-distance shipments, once she reaches her goal, she can put the package in front of the door.

In fact, move it to a compatible locker to be stored safely until humans come to pick it up.

All thanks to the addition of a smart automatic expenditure mechanism. Interestingly, customers can return unwanted products to their original sellers using robots.

Yeti follows the addition of another robot at the end of 2022, Ottobot 2.0, which presents several interesting adjustment options, including the ability to swap different modular containers for different types of shipments.

"During the validation process, we ran trials with airports, retailers, and postal services that gave us the deep insight we needed about the most effective case of use and scalability," said Ottonomy co-founder and CEO, Rima exchange Vijay. quoted from TechCrunch, Friday, January 6.

"With our strategic alignment with Verizon and other companies, we are in the main position to fill the gaps that companies like Amazon and Fedex cannot do."

Vijay added, as demand and cases of use for delivery without autonomous assistance continue to increase, future companies will provide robots as services for restaurants, retailers, and others.

The Brooklyn-based company operates in several cities including Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Oslo, and Madrid, with plans to expand across North America and Asia.