Deployment
Kiwibot 4.0 at Palo Alto, California, USA (Stanford)
Fourth-generation Kiwibot sidewalk delivery robot. Semi-autonomous with teleoperator oversight; insulated cargo compartment sized for campus food delivery.
Kiwibot 4.0 by Kiwibot · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified · Sidewalk delivery
Recent coverage
- West Hollywood man with cerebral palsy voices concerns after delivery robot crashBen Smith, Deploy Editor · 2026-04-15
- Kiwibot modifies its robot for ads, delivery and cargo needs - Robotics & Automation NewsGoogle News · 2024-11-14
- Kiwibot and Sodexo to bring over 1K delivery robots to 50 college campusesBen Smith, Deploy Editor · 2022-02-17
Kiwibots began operating on Stanford University campus in early 2018.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Kiwibot 4.0 at Palo Alto, California, USA (Stanford).
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-08-14
- Model
- Kiwibot 4.0
- Company
- Kiwibot
- Status
- operational
- First seen
- 2018-02-01
- ID
6d8eeab5-1c4f-484e-9926-2594dd2b3c60
Timeline
- Feb 2018First recordedKiwibot 4.0 first documented operating at Palo Alto, California, USA (Stanford).
- Aug 2026Current status: operational, reviewedLatest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.
On the deployment map
Operates worldwide
Kiwibot 4.0 is deployed globally rather than at a single verified site, so there is no map pin.
Kiwibot 4.0 operates in Palo Alto, California, USA (Stanford). Explore the full verified map:
Sources (1)
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-14
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-14
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: sidewalk
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
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- Markdown mirror: /deployments/kiwibot-stanford-university.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/robots/6d8eeab5-1c4f-484e-9926-2594dd2b3c60
- Data documentation: /data
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