CostaBot Alert: You can now get a Costa Coffee delivery by Starship Robot
Costa Coffee are trialling delivery via Starship Robot. For those of us who find going out for a coffee is just too much of a drag, consider moving to Milton Keynes.
[Sassy_Social_Share]It’s early days, and we can’t find an official press release, but Jamie Awdry, Head of Propositions at Costa Coffee had a bit to say about it on LinkedIn:
“Today we; Costa Coffee, have launched robot coffee delivery with our friends Starship Technologies in Milton Keynes. Excited to see how many customers adapt to these great autonomous delivery vehicles.”
The two stores involved are on Sunset Walk and Oakgrove in Milton Keynes.
How do the Starship delivery vehicles work?
“Starship robots are advanced devices that can carry items within a 4-mile (6km) radius. Our delivery platform enables a new era of instant delivery that works around your schedule at much lower costs. Parcels, groceries and food are directly delivered from stores, at the time that the customer requests via a mobile app. Once ordered the robots’ entire journey and location can be monitored on a smartphone.”
And are they safe?
“Starship’s robots move at pedestrian speed and weigh no more than 100 pounds. They’re inherently safe and can navigate around objects and people. For security, the cargo bay is mechanically locked throughout the journey and can be opened only by the recipient with their smartphone app. The location of the robots is tracked, so you know exactly the location of your order and receive a notification at the time of arrival.”
Feedback seems good too: “arrives piping hot”
A Costa Coffee customer, in this article said: “I was sceptical they would be warm but they’ve got a cool cover they put under the lid and the cup holders in the Bot itself come together to mean it arrives piping hot.”
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