# A friendly, autonomous robot that delivers your food

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2020
- Speaker: Ali Kashani
- Year: 2020
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment, Business and management, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/ali_kashani_a_friendly_autonomous_robot_that_delivers_your_food)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Meet the friendly robot that could deliver your next burrito. Ali Kashani introduces us to Postmates' autonomous delivery robot and explains how it could help reduce carbon emissions and free up valuable real estate in cities everywhere. Learn more about how it was specially designed to navigate complex social interactions on busy sidewalks to bring you your food (and more) with joy.

## Lectures

1. [A friendly, autonomous robot that delivers your food](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/ali_kashani_a_friendly_autonomous_robot_that_delivers_your_food/77a319cfcf89), 9 min (TED's player)