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Autonomous Green Robot Cars to Deliver Medicine Around London
The Kar-go, developed by the Academy of Robotics, has started its first trials on public roads.
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A fleet of autonomous green robot medicine-delivering cars has begun trials on public roads in the borough of Hounslow in London.
All going well, the Kar-go, developed by the British startup Academy of Robotics, will be the first custom-built autonomous delivery vehicle to make last-mile deliveries on public roads in the United Kingdom.
The Academy of Robotics has been working on its autonomous robot vehicle, Kar-go, for the past four years. Though autonomous delivery is by no means a new idea, the Kar-go is aimed squarely at the last mile delivery market.
The Kar-go has the capacity to travel at 60 mph (96 km/h), and it can carry up to 48 parcels. It takes approximately 3 hours to charge. It uses artificial intelligence to calculate the fastest route to a delivery, as well as to sort out its parcels.