Robots may deliver your food in future as Ocado invests millions in autonomous tech

mirror.co.uk:

Robots could carry shoppers’ groceries to their kitchen under plans being considered by online supermarket Ocado. The firm is also looking at using driverless vans for deliveries.

The possibilities come after Ocado announced it had invested £10million in autonomous ­software firm Oxbotica. Ocado said it would use the Oxford firm’s technology in a “variety of vehicles”, from those in its warehouses and yards “all the way to last-mile deliveries and kerb-to-kitchen robots”.

The two firms worked on a trial in 2017 that led to Ocado launching the UK’s first autonomous grocery delivery trial in South East London.

Ocado said the plans would not affect its workforce or hiring plans but its announcement pointed to employee costs. “The cost of final