Autonomous delivery firm Starship Technologies has announced that its robots have travelled over six million miles around the world.

The company, which describes the milestone as an “industry first”, said that its robots have travelled six times that of the one million mile mark recently announced by self-driving car developers Waymo and Cruise.

The business' 2000+ strong fleet of robots have made more than four million autonomous deliveries globally since its launch in 2014.

Starship said that while its robots have been operating at the L4 level of autonomous driving since 2018, it is announcing today that one of its robots recently completed a company record of 24 deliveries in 16 hours 100 per cent autonomously without any human intervention or oversight.

“When we started developing delivery robots in 2014 many thought it was the distant future,” said Ahti Heinla, co-founder and chief technology officer of Starship Technologies. “However, fast forward to today and our robots are now an integral part of daily life for millions of people around the world.”

Starship Technologies recently expanded its UK service to Greater Manchester, with robots already delivering food and groceries in Milton Keynes, Northampton, Bedford, Cambourne, Cambridge and Leeds.

In total, Starship is now operational in more than 50 service areas globally.

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