FedEx Robot Could Be Coming To Your Door
Soon you could have orders from your favorite stores delivered quickly by a robot. FedEx is testing a last mile delivery robot that will bring you items from local Walmart,…
CHICAGO – MARCH 19: A FedEx truck heads toward one of the company’s distribution centers March 19, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. After seeing its third-quarter net income plunge 75 percent the company said it plans to cut $1 billion of costs in the coming year. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)Soon you could have orders from your favorite stores delivered quickly by a robot.
FedEx is testing a last mile delivery robot that will bring you items from local Walmart, Target, Lowes, AutoZone and Pizza Hut locations.
FedEx said that more than 60 percent of customers live within 3 miles of a store. The robot will help with same day, on-demand delivery.
Testing of the robot will begin sometime this summer. Most likely it will happen in FedEx's hometown of Memphis.
