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How to connect your robot vacuum to Google Home for Google Assistant voice control

Robot vacuums are great for getting the dirty work done for you (admit it, you never cleaned under the couch before you got one, right?). And while these busy little bots can be set on a schedule in their accompanying smartphone apps, or sent on a run with a push of their button, connecting them to Google Home gives you more ways to command them to do your bidding, including just with your voice. The majority of robot vacuums with smartphone apps will work with Google Home for voice… Source link

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Grubhub ends driverless robot delivery partnership with Russia’s Yandex

People pass by a sign of Yandex company, a Russian internet search engine, at its headquarters in Moscow, December 2, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register March 4 (Reuters) – Online food-ordering company Grubhub on Friday said it was ending a partnership with Russian tech giant Yandex NV (YNDX.O) for driverless robots that deliver food to college students. The announcement came as Russian firms are being shunned globally over the invasion of… Source link

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Grubhub announces end of delivery robot partnership with Yandex amid Russian invasion

Grubhub has canceled its contract with Russian company Yonder following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Credit: Kathleen Jones | Lantern Reporter Grubhub will end its partnership with Yandex, the Russian company that supplies on-campus food delivery robots at Ohio State. Grubhub is working with its campus partners like Ohio State to find alternate service options as the company shifts away from Yandex over time, Grubhub spokesperson Katie… Source link

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Food robot story inaccurate, retraction issued

A food delivery robot on campus. Credit: Mackenzie Shanklin | Photo Editor The Lantern has retracted a story about campus robots delivering food to students cold, which was published to the website Monday. We learned the reporter fabricated and falsified information and quotes in this story. This type of inaccuracy does not represent The Lantern, and the story was removed as a result.  The retracted story stated the food robots were designed to… Source link

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KT partners with Yandex SDG to customize Russian-made six-wheeled autonomous robot

[Courtesy of Yandex] SEOUL — Using a six-wheeled autonomous robot developed by Yandex SDG, an autonomous vehicle development wing of Russia’s top web portal service company Yandex, South Korea’s telecom company KT will develop and release the South Korean version of delivery robots designed to deliver products to customers’ homes.   KT said in a statement on January 18 that the company signed an agreement with Yandex SDG to release the autonomous delivery… Source link

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Grubhub, Yandex Bring Robot Delivery to College

Food ordering and delivery platform Grubhub is rolling out its services to the University of Arizona using Yandex Self-Driving Group’s delivery robots — also known as rovers — following a similar launch at Ohio State University in September, according to a press release. The 35,000-plus University of Arizona Wildcats will be able to order from on-campus dining locations — IQ Fresh, Einstein Bros Bagels, On Deck Deli and Sabor — using the Grubhub app. The third-generation robots… Source link

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Grubhub Launches Robot Delivery at the University of Arizona

CHICAGO, Nov. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Grubhub, the leading online and mobile food-ordering and delivery platform on college campuses, announced today that it’s deploying Yandex Self-Driving Group’s robot delivery technology, also called rovers, on the University of Arizona’s campus. This will be the second campus rolling out this delivery option from Grubhub and Yandex this fall, following Ohio State University.  More than 35,000 Wildcats will be able to order their favorite foods from… Source link

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Autonomous robot delivery in Dubai

Volume of retail trade down by 0.3% in euro area and by 0.2% in the EUIn September 2021, the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade decreased by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.2% in the EU, compared with August 2021, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In August 2021, the retail trade volume increased by 1.0% in the euro area and by 0.8% in the EU.Source: ec.europa.eu  India: Future Retail’s independent directors urge CCI to… Source link

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Yandex To Bring Autonomous Robot Delivery To Carrefour In Dubai

Russia’s Yandex Self-Driving Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with Majid Al Futtaim, operators of the Carrefour banner in the Middle East, to introduce autonomous robot delivery to its stores in Dubai. The partnership will enhance Carrefour’s last-mile delivery capabilities in the region, with a pilot programme set to launch in early 2022. Through the initiative, Carrefour customers in selected neighbourhoods across the United Arab Emirates will be able to receive their… Source link

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