Starship Technologies and Grubhub expand autonomous delivery tie up to more universities
Starship Technologies, a provider of autonomous delivery services, and Grubhub, a food ordering and delivery marketplace, are expanding their delivery service to Baylor University and East Carolina University (ECU) in the USA.
Baylor’s 20,000 students can order delivery from more than seven eateries on campus.
Starship’s fleet of 20 robots will deliver to the majority of buildings on campus, typically within minutes, and work in conjunction with student meal plan Dining Dollars through the Grubhub app.
At ECU, another fleet of 20 robots are providing deliveries anywhere on the main campus, including College Hill.
The deliveries to ECU’s 27,000 students are made possible through Grubhub and Starship’s partnership with ECU’s food service provider, and the service can be used in conjunction with students’ meal plan that integrates with their Grubhub account.
“Technology and great food service go hand in hand. We are excited to have these delivery bots on site to enhance the student experience and make dining on campus that much easier,” says Sean McMahon, B.B.A. ’96, Resident District Manager with Baylor Dining.
“These smart robots are also fun to see around campus. We hope the Baylor community enjoys this automated service from some of our on-campus retail locations.”
“ECU Dining Services is excited to offer this innovative service to our campus community,” says Celia Daniels, Director of Dining Services at East Carolina University.
“Campuses across the country have had to increase the size of their Starship fleets to meet demand, and these fun and convenient robots are sure to be popular in Pirate Nation as well.”
“We’re excited to kick off the new year with service at two more schools,” says Chris Neider, Director, Business Development at Starship Technologies.
“We’re getting great feedback from our universities and directly from the students on how much they like the service and how much our robots have integrated themselves into the respective campus communities.”
“Both Baylor and ECU are always looking for new ways to enhance the on-campus experience and we’re confident that the robots will be warmly welcomed.”
“We’ve gotten feedback from campus partners that robot delivery complements their existing dining programs, and we’re thrilled to bring this option to Baylor University and East Carolina University,” says Adam Herbert, Senior Director of Campus Partnerships at Grubhub.
”We want our diners to have more options when ordering their favourite meals for delivery, and this offering does just that while we help our campus partners adopt and deploy innovative technology.”
Starship and Grubhub first partnered in October 2022 and currently offer this delivery method at the University of Kentucky, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Wayne State University, Southern Methodist University and Fairfield University.
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