A fleet of food delivery robots is ready to serve the Notre Dame campus community.
Notre Dame has partnered with Grubhub and Starship Technologies to deliver food on campus. They will begin with 30 robots that can carry the equivalent of three shopping bags of goods.
“We are thrilled to partner with Grubhub and Starship Technologies to bring robot delivery to our students, faculty and staff on campus. The robots will provide increased accessibility to our campus units by conveniently bringing the food to our customers, filling a void in the service that we currently have,” said Luigi Alberganti, executive director of campus dining.
The campus community will be able to order with the Grubhub app and select a restaurant the offers robot delivery. They can then watch via an interactive map as the robot makes its way to their location.
Initially, up to 30 on-demand robots will deliver from six Notre Dame campus restaurants: Au Bon Pain, Garbanzo, The Gilded Bean, Hagerty Family Cafe, Modern Market and Taco Bell.
The university is expecting the robot fleet will grow to 50 robots by spring and will add more campus eateries.