Grubhub tie up sees Cartken robots deliver 50,000+ orders to students at the University of Arizona
Cartken reports that, through its partnership with Grubhub, more than 50,000 autonomous deliveries have been made via its robots on the University of Arizona’s campus during the ‘22 - ‘23 school year.
Said robots first debuted on the University of Arizona’s campus in August 2022, just in time for the start of the school year.
The University of Arizona had an existing partnership with Grubhub Campus Dining that allows students to use their meal plans to order food from on-campus restaurants via the Grubhub app for pickup.
Through Cartken’s partnership with Grubhub, students are able to select robot delivery as an option when ordering from on campus restaurants.
The university’s more than 40,000 students can now order from 12 on-site restaurants and campus dining facilities and receive their order autonomously at one of the 60 drop-off stations throughout the nearly 400 acre campus.
“The University of Arizona and Grubhub have been incredible partners in helping us scale and launch this program rapidly and successfully,” says Anjali Jindal Naik, COO and Co-founder at Cartken.
“Witnessing Cartken’s robot fleet operating at one of Grubhub’s largest university partners is a moment of immense pride and fulfillment.”
“We pride ourselves on being an innovative institution, not only for learning, but overall student experience,” says Christine Carlson, Director of Dining and Nutrition, University of Arizona.
“Cartken’s robot delivery technology helps us provide students with more convenient dining options and access to food across campus. The students and staff really enjoy engaging with the robots”.
The median driving time for the Cartken robots was 12 minutes and 55 seconds per delivery.
The more than 40 robots traveled more than 300 miles a day, with each robot averaging eight miles daily.
They were responsible for an average of 400 student orders per day, with 444 orders in a single day being the record high over the first nine months of the partnership.
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