Serve Robotics, a company specializing in delivery robots, has declared a strategic partnership with the renowned food - delivery platform DoorDash. Under this collaboration, sidewalk - based delivery robots from Serve Robotics will be integrated into the DoorDash platform to fulfill order deliveries. The primary objective is to draw in a larger customer base and broaden the scope of its business operations.

At present, a portion of DoorDash orders in Los Angeles are already being handled by Serve's robots. Moreover, there are plans to roll out this service across the entire nation in the foreseeable future. Given the current soaring demand for food delivery services, numerous companies are turning to automated technologies to tackle the challenge of the "last - mile" delivery, which refers to the final leg of the delivery process from a local distribution center to the customer's doorstep.

Previously, Serve Robotics had exclusively collaborated with Uber Eats. This new partnership with DoorDash is expected to substantially increase its order volume. If the scale of cooperation with DoorDash reaches a level comparable to that with Uber Eats, it will lead to a significant surge in the company's revenue. Currently, through its partnership with Uber Eats, Serve Robotics operates in multiple cities and has successfully completed over 100,000 deliveries in total.

It's worth noting that prior to the announcement of this partnership, DoorDash had just unveiled its in - house developed delivery robot, Dot. Additionally, it had also joined forces with Wing to offer drone - based delivery services.