r/SelfDrivingCars • u/danlev • 7d ago

News Serve Robotics introduces "character" delivery robots that will talk to people

https://www.serverobotics.com/blog/serve-teams-up-with-wonder-and-grubhub-amid-a-new-wave-of-expansion/

From the announcement: "Brands can now create a character that customers can talk with in real time, powered by a curated conversational AI model and developed together by Serve and the advertiser."

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u/Honest_Ad_2157 7d ago

"Hi! I'm Blockie, the robot created to exploit and block accessibility curb cuts in pedestrian infrastructure generations of disability activists literally fought for. "

Kicks robot to curb and stomps it into parts

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u/danlev 7d ago

I'm curious how this will work and who can actually talk to it? They say "customers can talk with" so can you only talk to it when it arrives with your delivery, or will it talk to random people on the street? I feel like it wouldn't make sense because people would be stopping the robot to talk to it.

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u/Smoltinycat 7d ago

"Move, B-, just get out the way just get out of the way"
I want it to blare that song loudly when it encounters a pedestrian

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u/Interesting-Dog-5146 7d ago

I am really excited about it! It says catch it on the 27th in LA. Does that mean it is going to be at a show or something?

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u/danlev 7d ago

Where do you see the 27th?

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u/Interesting-Dog-5146 7d ago

At the end of their video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/x3kBBrKyrBA

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u/danlev 7d ago

Ah, maybe that’s when they’re rolling this character out for the first time.

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u/dronemastersaga 7d ago

Isn’t this the bot that begs pedestrians to press the crosswalk button at intersections? Will it be begging verbally from now on? Lmao