Nuro Autonomous Delivery Vehicle Approved for Test

The intriguingly designed robotic grocery delivery system takes a step forward in testing.   According to the article these are vehicles without direct human control.  In test by sever restaurants and retailers.

California Allows Startup Nuro to Test Driverless Delivery Vehicles
Reuters   Munsif Vengattil; Ayanti Bera

California's Department of Motor Vehicles has authorized an autonomous technology startup to test two driverless delivery vehicles in nine cities. Startup Nuro will use its driverless low-speed R2 vehicle to begin conducting deliveries with local retail partners. The startup has been testing autonomous vehicles with safety drivers on the state's roads since 2017. Said Nuro's David Estrada, "Our R2 fleet is custom-designed to change the very nature of driving, and the movement of goods, by allowing people to remain safely at home while their groceries, medicines, and packages, are brought to them." In February, Nuro was granted permission by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to deploy up to 5,000 low-speed electric delivery vehicles without any human controls in Houston.  .... "