Delivery Robots in 2026
7 trackedDelivery robots carry food, groceries and parcels the last mile — on sidewalks at walking pace or on roads in purpose-built pods. After a decade of pilots, several operators now run genuinely commercial services across US and European cities and campuses.
Sidewalk delivery leaders count millions of completed commercial deliveries; road-going autonomous delivery is scaling through partnerships with Uber Eats, DoorDash and major retailers.
Leaderboard
How we rank →| # | Robot | Maker | Status | Price | Index score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serve Gen 3 | Serve Robotics | Commercial | — | 90.1 |
| 2 | Avride Delivery Robot | Avride | Commercial | — | 90.1 |
| 3 | Starship Delivery Robot | Starship Technologies | Commercial | — | 86.6 |
| 4 | Coco 2 | Coco Robotics | Commercial | — | 79.1 |
| 5 | R-Kiwi (Kiwibot) | Robot.com (formerly Kiwibot) | Commercial | — | 76.6 |
| 6 | Cartken Courier | Cartken | Commercial | — | 71.3 |
| 7 | Ottobot | Ottonomy | Limited deployment | — | 64.1 |
Status breakdown
- Commercial
- 6 robots
- Limited deployment
- 1 robot
Operated as fleets/services; some vendors sell units to businesses.
Latest in delivery
- Serve Gen 3 — Adds Grubhub (LA, Chicago, Alexandria) and expands DoorDash to Washington DC and San Jose; confirms Uber Eats deal will lapse
- R-Kiwi (Kiwibot) — Unveils R-dog quadruped for last-100-meter delivery and advertising
- Avride Delivery Robot — Launches in Miami (Brickell) with Uber Eats
- Coco 2 — Launches in Washington DC (Logan Circle area)
- Avride Delivery Robot — Expands to Northern Virginia — fifth Uber market, 500 robots, 600,000+ deliveries
- Avride Delivery Robot — Launches robot deliveries with Uber Eats in Philadelphia's Center City
- Coco 2 — Coco 2 fully autonomous robot launches, promising up to 50% faster deliveries and 3x uptime
- Starship Delivery Robot — Just Eat partnership announced, first UK service launching in Sunderland
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Delivery Robots: common questions
Which delivery robots are actually operating in 2026?
Starship runs the largest sidewalk fleet with 10M+ deliveries completed across US and European campuses and cities. Serve Robotics operates 2,000+ robots and expanded onto Grubhub and DoorDash in 2026. Coco, Cartken, Avride and Robot.com (formerly Kiwibot) run commercial services in specific cities, and Ottonomy covers airports and hospitals. Nuro no longer runs its own delivery fleet — it licenses its autonomy stack instead — so it is not tracked here. See the leaderboard for current status.
How do robot deliveries work?
You order through a partner app (Uber Eats, Grubhub, a campus app or the operator's own). A robot drives itself to the pickup, a worker loads it, and it navigates to you; you unlock the cargo bay with your phone.
Can a business buy a delivery robot?
Some vendors sell or lease units to restaurants and campuses; most prefer operating the fleet themselves and charging per delivery. Indoor delivery robots (hotels, hospitals) are more freely purchasable.
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