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The robots delivering takeaways to Edinburgh students


A trial is under way at the University of Edinburgh using autonomous vehicles to deliver food.

Students can have food delivered by robots under a trial project under way at University of Edinburgh. The project hopes to demonstrate the potential for autonomous vehicles in other settings such as airports or the NHS. BBC Scotland News visited the University of Edinburgh, where a team of scientists have developed an autonomous food delivery robot.

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