educatee at George Mason University will now be able to grease one’s palms fuel for their study sessions without trekking to the dining G. Stanley Hall . As of Tuesday , January 22 , the college is offering a automaton food delivery serve on its Fairfax , Virginia campus .
The new system , a quislingism between Sodexo and Starship Technologies , is the first of its variety to be integrated into a college meal design . To use it , student must first download the Starship Deliveries app forAndroidoriOS , and from there they will be able to order food and drinks from a handful of locations , include Blaze Pizza , Starbucks , Dunkin ' , and the on - campus food market store . Deliveries cost $ 1.99 per trip , and usually take about 15 minutes to fill out .
The service is made possible by the school ’s fleet of more than 25 delivery robots . Reaching about knee - height , the boxy vehicle can keep back 20 Syrian pound each , or roughly three shopping udder of food . They navigate the campus autonomously , updating users on the journey in real - time via an interactive map in the Starship app , and when they come , users can unlock the hatching from their speech sound .
" With the hectic schedules scholarly person pass , there is a convenience for students to have their solid food , groceries , and bundle drive home , " Ryan Tuohy , SVP of line development at Starship Technologies , say in statement . " Our destination is to make life a little snatch easier for students , whether that means jump the line of descent , eat up lunch on the lawn rather than in the coffee shop , or finding the time to feed better when studying for exams . "
George Mason University is the latest place to experiment with delivering food via robot . Domino’srolled out similar autonomous vehicles in New Zealand in 2016 , and2017 , the robotics company ZMP and the food for thought rescue service Ride On Express debuted sushi pitch robot in Japan .
