Uber Eats Japan LLC Uber Eats starts delivery service using delivery robot in Osaka City

[Uber Eats Japan LLC] Uber Eats starts delivery service using delivery robot in Osaka City ​
Uber Eats Japan LLC Press release: November 13, 2024 Uber Eats starts delivery service using delivery robot in Osaka City Night driving is now possible in the second city in Japan after Tokyo and Nihonbashi
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Uber Eats Japan LLC (hereinafter referred to as Uber Eats Japan) will begin a delivery service using autonomous delivery robots in some areas of Osaka City from Thursday, November 14, 2024. This is the second city in Japan where Uber Eats Japan will deploy delivery robots, following Tokyo in March 2024. Melco Mobility Solutions Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Melco Mobility Solutions), a Mitsubishi Electric group company responsible for the operation and maintenance of delivery robots, has obtained permission to operate at night, and deliveries will be made at night in addition to daytime hours in Osaka. . Large-scale redevelopment is currently underway in Osaka City, mainly in the Umekita area north of Osaka Station, and it is expected that the area will continue to receive an influx of residents and tourists. Furthermore, the World Expo to be held in 2025 is expected to attract approximately 28.2 million visitors from Japan and abroad. Uber Eats Japan is introducing new autonomous robots to meet the strong demand for deliveries, especially in the Umekita area, which has already attracted many member stores and orderers, and where delivery demand is expected to continue to increase. We will introduce this service as a convenient delivery method to improve convenience in the area. The Cartken delivery robot used in this initiative is equipped with object detection technology that utilizes advanced AI models and algorithms, autonomous driving performance, and remote control functions, and has the highest speed as a remotely controlled small vehicle as stipulated by the Road Traffic Act. Drive safely on sidewalks, etc. at 5.4km. With Melco Mobility Solutions’ acquisition of night-time driving permission, night-time deliveries will also begin in Osaka City from November 14th (Thursday), when the service is introduced. In addition to the front headlight, the robot is equipped with a light on the top of the machine that can be seen from 360 degrees, and in conjunction with the voice guidance provided when starting, etc., it improves visibility from surrounding pedestrians and bicycles. We have secured it. Delivery robots can accept delivery requests from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. As of the start of service on November 14th (Thursday), Uber Eats member stores in Osaka City that support delivery robots are as follows (in alphabetical order): • Unthank an39 (5-6-31-102 Fukushima, Fukushima-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka) •
Indian/Nepalese Cuisine Lakshmi Oyodo Branch (2-5-7 Oyodo Naka, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture) • Uodon Fukushima store (1st floor, Kagaya Building, 5-1-9 Fukushima, Fukushima-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka) • Curry House CoCo Ichibanya JR Fukushima Station Store (7-14-17 Fukushima, Fukushima-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka) • Hokka Hokkatei
Oyodoninami store (1-3-14 Oyodoninami, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture) Comment from Uber Eats Japan CEO Shintaro Nakagawa “We are very happy to be able to start delivery services using delivery robots in Osaka City.Osaka is the area with the highest number of Uber Eats users in the Kansai region, and is a very important city for Uber Eats. We are expecting a large influx of tourists from Japan and abroad in the run-up to the 2025 World Expo, using delivery robots at times when delivery demand is high, including at night. In addition, the delivery robot will complement Uber Eats’ delivery network in areas and times when there are few or no delivery partners,
potentially contributing to the expansion of the delivery area in the future. I hope there will be.” Comment from Yasuo Aoki, President and Representative Director of Melco Mobility Solutions “We are very happy that the robot delivery service by Uber Eats, which started in March 2024 in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, will now be expanded to Osaka.We are collaborating with Cartken and Mitsubishi Electric. As a Mitsubishi Electric group company, we have been developing our automated delivery robot business in Japan.We recently passed the nighttime compliance review of the safety standards established by the Robot Delivery Association, and we recently launched a robot delivery robot in Osaka. From the start, we plan to provide automatic delivery robot services even after sunset. By gradually expanding the operation of automatic delivery robots indoors and outdoors, we will solve social issues and realize a safe and secure society. We will continue to contribute to the Uber Eats Japan will continue to strive to further expand Uber Eats services by utilizing delivery robots in Osaka and Tokyo. About Uber Eats Uber Eats is an online delivery service that matches orderers, member stores, and delivery partners in real time to instantly deliver a variety of ordered items, from cooked meals to groceries, daily necessities, medicine, and home appliances. It’s a service. Since launching in Toronto, Canada in 2015, the service has expanded to more than 11,000 cities around the world. The service began in Japan in September 2016, and is currently operating in 47 prefectures nationwide with over 100,000 active member stores*1 and 100,000 active delivery partners*2. Additionally, in 2022, we will begin rolling out Uber Direct, a last-mile delivery solution that will incorporate Uber Eats’ delivery network into our own services and easily start instant delivery services. Uber Eats continues to expand its services to realize its “Get Anything” vision. *1: Member stores that received orders in the past month *2: Delivery partners who delivered orders in the past month