A totally unexpected company beat everyone to self-driving cars

When you think of self-driving cars, you probably think of Tesla, Google, or perhaps Uber.From now on, think Domino's Pizza.This is DRU: the "Domino's Robotic Unit." DRU is a self-driving vehicle that has one mission: delivering the freshest possible pizza to your anxiously awaiting gullet.It's not in the US just yet, but it is already on the road in New Zealand.Wanna know more about Domino's pizza robot' Of course you do.According to Domino's Pizza, DRU is the "world's first autonomous pizza delivery vehicle."It's essentially a low-powered oven/refrigerator on wheels.But the fact that it can refrigerate cold food, and keep hot food hot, is much less impressive than the self-driving tech in its brain.The self-driving tech and the vehicle itself are a collaboration between Domino's Pizza and Sydney-based Marathon Targets, a robotics company. The DRU is three-feet tall and can hold an impressive 10 pizzas in its ovular thorax.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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