Starship Technologies delivery robots pulled from Sheffield after five-month trial
24-08-2026 09:52 via retailgazette.co.uk

Starship Technologies delivery robots pulled from Sheffield after five-month trial

Starship Technologies has pulled its autonomous delivery robots from Sheffield just five months after launching in the city with Uber Eats.
The robotics firm said its pilot had come to an end and the service had been paused while it reviews the results, before deciding whether to deploy its robots in Sheffield again.
It follows a series of vandalism incidents involving the six-wheeled delivery robots and their infrastructure, including visibility flags being snapped off and the words “off
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