New delivery robot in Tokyo

New delivery robot in Tokyo

A delivery robot rides in an elevator in Tokyo on April 20, 2021. Convenience store chain operator Seven-Eleven Japan Co. and wireless carrier SoftBank Corp. announced the same day they will jointly conduct a full test of the robot in which it will carry food and beverages from a Seven-Eleven convenience store inside a building where Softbank is headquartered to office rooms in the building from the following day to the end of June.

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