Serve and Wing partner to test robot-to-drone food deliveries [Video]

Autonomous sidewalk delivery provider Serve Robotics has partnered with on-demand drone delivery provider Wing Aviation to pilot food transportation options that will “redefine last-mile delivery.” Together, the new partners will start testing autonomous robot-to-drone deliveries to customers several miles away.

Serve Robotics ($SERV) is a developer of advanced, AI-powered sidewalk delivery robots spun out as an independent company from Uber in 2021. Its investors include NVIDIA, 7-Eleven, and Uber Eats, which formed a partnership with its former entity to begin offering autonomous robot deliveries to select customers around Los Angeles.

As we reported in August, Serve expanded upon its 2022 partnership with Uber Eats, signing an additional deal with fast-food chain Shake Shack to offer select customers robot deliveries, beginning in Los Angeles.

Having your burger and fries delivered to you via an autonomous sidewalk robot feels quite futuristic in itself, but Serve Robotics is taking mobile food delivery to a new echelon with the help of Wing …