News / Robots and drones are the cost-saving future for last-mile deliveries

A new autonomous delivery robot (ADR) was this week unveiled in the Paris research and development (R&D) facility of tech firm Nokia.

It could pave the way for the widespread deployment of robots in last-mile supply chains.

The unit (pictured above) was deployed at Nokia’s Paris-Saclay campus, home to some 4,000 staff, and was developed by Last Mile Autonomous Delivery (LMAD), an EIT Digital-supported project, which is creating a software platform to pilot multiple types of robots for deliveries.

LMAD lead Jean-Philippe Bellaiche ...