Kroger Launches an Autonomous Grocery Delivery Service in Arizona

The chain is adding 2 unmanned vehicles to its fleet

In a year that has likely seen more grocery delivery pilots than any other, retailer Kroger is closing out 2018 with the debut of its unmanned delivery service—which it says is the world’s first—in sunny Scottsdale, Ariz.

For the record, it’s probably more accurate to call this “one of the first” as Walmart at least has tested self-driving cars for grocery delivery in Arizona and Florida. Nevertheless, Kroger announced the pilot with robotics company Nuro in June, and, since August, they have tested an autonomous fleet of “a handful of” Priuses with safety drivers just in case someone needed to intervene.

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