


The Nuro R-2 is a completely autonomous on-road vehicle. The on-road robot, Nuro R-2, will drive your order to you. There’s no set timetable for how quickly Domino’s and Nuro will evaluate their testing or expand the service. Dominos is partnering up with Nuro to launch an autonomous pizza delivery. Unlike many other autonomous vehicle companies, Nuro engineered its self-driving road vehicles to transport goods instead of people. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for testing on public roads without the need to have controls for human operators. In February 2020, Nuro became the first autonomous vehicle developer to be given exemptions by the U.S. Once R2 arrives, customers are prompted to enter their PIN on a touchscreen, opening its doors. Certain customers will have the option to get their pizza delivered by the Nuro.
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Select customers who place a prepaid online order on certain days and times from Domino’s in Woodland Heights can choose to have their pizza delivered by Nuro’s R2 autonomous, occupantless on-road delivery vehicle.Ĭustomers selected for the service receive text alerts, which update them on R2’s location and provide them with a unique PIN to retrieve their order. 11 photos Dominos and startup Nuro are launching an autonomous pizza-delivery service in Houston this week. In April, the pizza company Domino’s and self-driving delivery company Nuro launched autonomous pizza delivery in Houston, Texas. But some autonomous vehicle start-ups are making big bets the future will be smaller, ‘zero-occupant’ vehicles including three-wheelers that deliver pizza.
