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Our latest autonomous delivery pilot is currently ongoing in Helsinki, delivering e-commerce parcels from DB Schenker, to residents living in Ruoholahti and Jätkäsaari, within the URBANE Project. Check out DB Schenker's blog article below about how they see the future of urban logistics, and how delivery robots and other innovative approaches could play a role.

Exciting pilot sprint of URBANE Project is about to begin in Helsinki Living Lab for the last time. HeRo (Helsinki Robot) is back in Helsinki together with a smaller robot called NeRo (No-Emission Robot).🤖 A group of highly skilled students in Hanken School of Economics have been studying the social impact of autonomous last-mile deliveries based on the survey drafted together with LMAD, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, and Forum Virium Helsinki. 🤝 We have now published an English version of the survey. Every response is valuable, because it will contribute to the future of autonomous last-mile e-commerce deliveries. In addition, by participating you will have an opportunity to not only win a gift card but also receive an invitation to meet our robots!🤩 Here's the link to the survey: https://lnkd.in/d_xk9xXN Thank you for your time!💛 #HeRo #URBANE #ADV #socialresponsibility #urbanlogistics

📣 Our delivery pilot in Helsinki is up and running! 📣 📦 We are delivering e-commerce parcels on behalf of DB Schenker to the residents living in Ruoholahti and Jätkäsaari until Christmas. 🤖 Our robot HeRo (Helsinki Robot) provides an additional delivery option next to the existing pickup points in the area. 📈 Parcel volumes are growing significantly during the weeks leading up to Christmas. HeRo helps in getting the parcels closer, faster and in a more flexible way to customers. 💻 Ordering a delivery with HeRo can be done easily at checkout, by selecting the LMAD robot delivery option under DB Schenker on e-commerce webstores such as Adlibris, H&M or Boozt. 🇪🇺 This pilot is part of our participation in the Horizon EU URBANE Project, together with our partners DB Schenker, TwinswHeel, Forum Virium Helsinki, Helsingin kaupunki – Helsingfors stad – City of Helsinki #lmad #lastmiledelivery #autonomous #deliveryrobot

A first in the EU 📰📢 This summer, a small fleet of autonomous robots could be seen circulating on public roads in Vilnius, Lithuania, to deliver groceries to customers. Estonian robotics company Clevon and Lithuanian delivery platform LastMile joined forces to have robots deliver groceries to the front doors of the customers of IKI, one of Vilnius’ supermarkets. IKI’s customers loved the new delivery service and gave it an overall rating of 4.8 out of 5. The goal of the deployment was to show that robots could handle express deliveries in the center of Vilnius even in peak hours and alleviate the pressure on logistics providers in a scalable way – while also guaranteeing a positive customer experience. Such deployments show that: ✅ There’s clear interest from both businesses and end consumers to try out new modes of delivery  ✅ The technology is now nearing maturity levels that would enable autonomous deliveries at scale In fact, in the EU, the main limiting factor isn’t the technology itself but the lack of comprehensive legal frameworks and the reluctance of authorities to issue permits to operate. Last year, we conducted a similar experiment with @DB Schenker in Helsinki and showed that delivery robots can certainly have their place in the supply chain as a convenient, customer-friendly, and non-polluting alternative to delivery vans. Find out more about Clevon & LastMile’s deployment in Lithuania here: https://lnkd.in/eVXC_U2C