Food delivery robot project begins in downtown Markham

CBC

Food delivery robots in Markham test appetite for high-tech takeout

The next time you order takeout in Markham, Ont., it could get dropped off by a robot and its human companion.A fleet of orange food delivery machines is being tested as part of a pilot project led by Skip, formerly known as SkipTheDishes, and Real Life Robotics, an automation company under the University of Waterloo’s startup incubator called Velocity.The project is the first municipally approved sidewalk delivery operation in the country, and it’s already had hundreds of successful orders, say