This document summarizes a presentation by Ahti Heinla, CEO and CTO of Starship Technologies, about the company's delivery robots. It notes that Starship robots are being used for commercial deliveries in 10 cities across the US and Europe. The document outlines the founders' backgrounds and Starship's progress from building initial prototypes in 2014-2015 to deploying a practical, large-scale service by 2018 through extensive testing, safety research, and optimization. It describes how the robots work and notes they have received over $20 million in funding from various investors.
2. 3rd Century BC
Automated transport of water
19th Century
Automated transport of energy
20th Century
Automated transport of information
21st Century
Automated transport of matter
3. ROBOTS ARE PRACTICAL, NOW!
Starship robots are entering widespread usage…
l ..before flying cars
l ..before self-driving cars
l ..before aerial delivery drones
..and at lower delivery costs than any of these.
Starship is doing commercial deliveries every day in 10 cities:
l US: Redwood City, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Concord/Walnut Creek,
Washington, DC
l Europe: London, Milton Keynes, Hamburg, Zürich, Tallinn
10. HOW DOES THE ROBOT WORK?
Uses sidewalks and public spaces
Drives at pedestrian speeds, max 4 mph
Equipped with cameras and other sensors
Can intelligently react to pedestrians, obstacles and traffic
situations
Sometimes helped by human operators sitting in control centers
Inherently safe for collisions
Consumers unlock the robot using their phones
15. You do not start a revolution by building a prototype.
You start a revolution by deploying a practical service at scale.
2016 – 2018:
l Safety research
l Ease of deployment
l Urban planning
l Huge amounts of real-world testing
l User experience & delight
FROM PROTOTYPE TO PRACTICAL SERVICE
l Battery charging
l Unit economics optimization
l Standard Operating Procedures
l Certifications (FCC, ISO safety etc)
l Logistics optimization
16. $20M+ in funding, from:
Daimler AG
Shasta Ventures
Matrix Partners
Morpheus Ventures
Grishin Robotics
ZX Ventures
Playfair Capital
Swiss Post
HOF Capital
FUNDING