Uber Eats and Cartken bring robot food delivery to Miami, Florida

Uber Eats and Cartken have announced a partnership for food deliveries via the latter’s self-driving robots in Miami, Florida.

The pair have begun operating with select merchants in the Dadeland area of Miami-Dade County with plans to expand in Miami-Dade and to additional cities in 2023.

Uber Eats is Cartken’s first formal partnership with a global on-demand delivery app beyond college campuses.

📢 BIG NEWS! 📢 We're now partnering with @UberEats. Autonomous #robotdelivery is now available in Miami. Our integration will help local merchants to increase delivery capacity, and consumers to opt for fast and emission-free deliveries. 🔗https://t.co/eDPfaXqrNc pic.twitter.com/153djVGbAA

— Cartken (@gocartken) December 15, 2022

"We are excited about how this partnership with Uber will bring the advantages of robotics to food delivery, and ultimately create more connected communities," says Christian Bersch, Co-founder and CEO at Cartken.

"Together, we have the opportunity to reduce traffic congestion, help local merchants to increase delivery capacity, and bring consumers fast, convenient, and emission free deliveries."

"Miami is a thriving Uber Eats market and we are excited to bring its residents a little more Uber magic through sidewalk robot delivery," says Noah Zych, Global Head of Autonomous Mobility and Delivery at Uber.

"Our partnership with Cartken marks another important milestone for our efforts in automated and autonomous technology and will provide greater reliability and affordability to Miami merchants and consumers."