Aren't the "first meters" also pretty problematic? Are Waymos going to double park in front of a restaurant waiting for someone to come out and put the right order in the right vehicle?

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WorldPeas 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

That's easier to do with training, and the business is usually more willing than a consumer as it increases their business. Anecdotally, see how many of them (at least locally to myself) have adopted the doordash/grubhub tablets in their kitchen ordering system. I imagine it would be a co-packing situation with lockers on wheels similar to the vehicle KFC uses in China: https://www.mashed.com/284555/the-futuristic-way-kfc-is-sell...

Uber's NURO seems to be developing a vehicle with a similar form factor as seen on this page: https://www.nuro.ai/first-responders

EDIT: see comment below, uber does not own NURO

	▲	AlotOfReading 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Nuro is an independent company from Uber, the latter just has a partnership with and some investment in the former. Uber has similar relationships with more than half the industry at this point.
	▲	rkomorn 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		My anecdotal evidence also has so many incorrect orders that I'm a wee bit less optimistic than you about restaurant-side human handling of the first meters. :)

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Dylan16807 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

A lot of restaurants already have dedicated parking spots where they'll bring the food out.

	▲	rkomorn 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		I feel like that's already quite special-case-y. Certainly wouldn't apply to anywhere near where I currently live (then again, neither does Waymo).