Starship Robot at Milton Keynes
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The photograph on this page of Starship Robot at Milton Keynes by Stephen McKay as part of the Geograph project.
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Starship Robot at Milton Keynes
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: 10 May 2023
Sitting outside Milton Keynes Central station for no apparent reason is this grocery delivery robot. To quote the website: 'The robots are advanced, autonomous devices that carry items, such as groceries, hot food or parcels, over short distances...The robots are incredibly intelligent, with a suite of sensors, along with 12 cameras to enable each one to see where it’s going. They travel at ~4mph – similar to a fast pedestrian walking speed – and are inherently safe. The technology enables them to navigate around objects and people they may come across.' The robot is actually quite small and the capacity must be fairly limited. Maybe this is a glimpse of the future but the more obvious question is 'why do we need these exactly?'.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.034652
Longitude
-0.77383