Good news for anyone who's ever wanted to rent a delivery robot. Kiwibot this week announced a new 'rent a robot' offering, making it possible for companies to use its army of autonomous delivery systems for a finite amount of time. The robot-as-a-service (RaaS) approach follows the startup's recent acquisition of advertising firm Nickelytics: Using the robots as mobile billboards is one of three options currently offered by the company. Along with Kiwibot Advertising, customers can use the systems for warehouse logistics (Kiwbot Cargo) and the more standard last-mile delivery (Kiwibot Leap). The last option has long been the company's central value add. Over the years, it has partnered with a number of universities for food deliveries. Kiwibot notes that it has already partnered with AWS to pilot mobile advertising. It was a small pilot, with five robots over the course of a week, during Tech Week in New York City. Kiwibot Advertising is the only one of the three currently...
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