• All About Ann Arbor has the story how "Refraction AI has partnered with the Produce Station in Ann Arbor to offer contactless grocery delivery with its autonomous robot … According to the robotics startup, the REV-1 delivery robot is able to hold about six paper bags of groceries at a time. The three-wheeled, battery-powered vehicle is about 100 pounds and moves at speeds of 10 to 15 mph."
At the moment, free delivery is available to customers living within a three-mile radius of the Produce Station.
According to the story, "In order to remain safe, the company disinfects its delivery robots between uses. Since March the autonomous restaurant delivery service has received three-to-four times as many orders for its restaurant service than it had prior to Michigan’s shelter-in-place restrictions, according to a statement from Refraction AI," which was founded by professors and roboticists at the University of Michigan.
