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Tortoise, Vroom Delivery To Launch Robotic Grocery Delivery In Dalla
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s The eCommerce provider Vroom Delivery and last-mile logistics automation company Tortoise announced on Monday (Aug 9) that the two companies are debuting robotic grocery delivery in Dallas, Texas, in partnership with the Urban Value Corner Store. Each of the fully electric sidewalk robots utilized in this partnership drives at roughly 3 mph and can carry over 100 pounds of groceries. This pilot deployment will launch “in the coming months,” per Tortoise Co-founder Dmitry Shevelenko’s prepared comment. The Background Tortoise has previously partnered with the major U.S. grocery chain Albertsons to pilot the beta launch of a robotic fleet of...