 Imagine if the next time you ordered a pizza, instead of a person bringing it to your house, a robot brought it to your house. It's closer than you think. This is the Starship. It's made by a company called Starship Technologies, which is founded by some of the co-founders of Skype. It's a self-driving delivery robot, and the plan is to get it in the hands of small businesses all around the world so that they have a low-cost delivery option. Now, we've heard a lot about the future of delivery lately. Google's got a patent on self-driving delivery trucks. Amazon's been testing its drones. But this is made more for local delivery, something more in the two-mile range. It has a top speed of four miles an hour, and it uses cameras in the front and in the sides for collision avoidance so that when it's going down the sidewalk, it won't run into people. It can actually stop and, in some cases, move out of the way so that people can get by it and it can continue on its way. It's not as flashy an idea as a delivery drone, but it seems a lot safer. Now, this is just a prototype, and Starship Technologies have only driven it about 700 miles so far. But they're already going into limited production on 12 more models, and they plan to drive 20,000 more miles in the next six months, starting in the UK and then bringing it to the US. It can also carry more than a drone can right now, too. This thing can fit about 20 pounds worth of stuff in it, which Starship says is about the weight of two grocery bags. But what's really awesome about this idea is that it can play a big part in what's found to be a revolution in how we send and receive stuff all around the world. That all sounds great, but Starship Technologies is going to have to do a lot more testing before we get there, and they're going to have to overcome a lot of regulatory hurdles just like Google and Amazon are trying to overcome right now. So until then, this robot is just a dream, and you're stuck with your regular pizza delivery guy.
 Imagine if the next time you ordered a pizza, instead of a person bringing it to your house,
 a robot brought it to your house.
 It's closer than you think.
 This is the Starship.
 It's made by a company called Starship Technologies, which is founded by some of the co-founders
 of Skype.
 It's a self-driving delivery robot, and the plan is to get it in the hands of small businesses
 all around the world so that they have a low-cost delivery option.
 Now, we've heard a lot about the future of delivery lately.
 Google's got a patent on self-driving delivery trucks.
 Amazon's been testing its drones.
 But this is made more for local delivery, something more in the two-mile range.
 It has a top speed of four miles an hour, and it uses cameras in the front and in the
 sides for collision avoidance so that when it's going down the sidewalk, it won't run
 into people.
 It can actually stop and, in some cases, move out of the way so that people can get by it
 and it can continue on its way.
 It's not as flashy an idea as a delivery drone, but it seems a lot safer.
 Now, this is just a prototype, and Starship Technologies have only driven it about 700
 miles so far.
 But they're already going into limited production on 12 more models, and they plan to drive
 20,000 more miles in the next six months, starting in the UK and then bringing it to
 the US.
 It can also carry more than a drone can right now, too.
 This thing can fit about 20 pounds worth of stuff in it, which Starship says is about
 the weight of two grocery bags.
 But what's really awesome about this idea is that it can play a big part in what's found
 to be a revolution in how we send and receive stuff all around the world.
 That all sounds great, but Starship Technologies is going to have to do a lot more testing
 before we get there, and they're going to have to overcome a lot of regulatory hurdles
 just like Google and Amazon are trying to overcome right now.
 So until then, this robot is just a dream, and you're stuck with your regular pizza delivery
 guy.