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Nuro R2 at Houston

Second-generation Nuro autonomous road vehicle. Low-speed automotive form factor, goods-only (no passenger compartment). Deployed in Houston, Mountain View, and Scottsdale.

Classified as `av` form factor; regulatory regime is road-vehicle, not sidewalk. Nuro pivoted from first-party delivery to AV technology licensing (the Nuro Driver). Current R2 operations in Mountain View and Houston are Nuro's own R&D fleet validating the Nuro Driver, not customer deployments; the model is classified research to reflect this post-pivot state.

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Footage

PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of Nuro

Nuro's announcement of its earlier-generation zero-occupant delivery vehicle (R2 era), distinct from the newer R3 and the Nuro Driver system.

Nuro's R2 consumer-delivery operations in Houston included the Domino's pizza-delivery pilot launched in April 2021 in Woodland Heights. Nuro's own commercial delivery never scaled: in September 2024 the company pivoted to licensing its autonomy stack to automakers, stopped building its delivery bots, and wound down its own delivery pilots. The pilot did not convert.

Key facts

Fleet
Nuro R2 autonomous delivery vehicles
Operator
Nuro
Coverage
Houston
Partner
Kroger (2019), Domino's, FedEx (2020-2021)
Use Case
Autonomous delivery pilots
Status
Direct-operations deployment ended; pivoted to licensing autonomy stack

Exposure

Customer segment
retail
Scale tier
undisclosed

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Nuro R2 at Houston.

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Trust tier
Machine verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-21
Model
Nuro R2
Company
Nuro
Location
United States/Texas/Houston
Operator
Nuro
Status
ended
Operator type
maker operated
Scale at site
undisclosed
Site environment
outdoor
Location precision
verified coordinates
First seen
2024-11-01
ID
970ded54-1bea-4fdc-bb78-9bb1a641df67

Timeline

  1. Nov 2024
    First recorded
    Nuro R2 first documented operating at Houston.
  2. May 2026
    created
  3. Aug 2026
    Current status: ended, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Verifications (1)

  • Machine verified by DEPLOY content-agent (Sprint 1.5 re-verification)2026-05-30

    Evidence: https://www.nuro.ai/blog/driving-forward-nuro-goes-driverless-in-3-cities

    asOf
    2026-05-30
    basis
    Nuro Driver L4 driverless operations active (zero-occupant vehicles) in Houston and the Bay Area (Mountain View/Palo Alto); operational area expanded ~70% (Houston) / ~83% (Bay Area), now operating after dark. Deployment reflects Nuro Driver R&D/driverless ops (modeled here as nuro-r2). Nuro pivoted to licensing the Nuro Driver in 2024; first-party robotaxi (Lucid/Uber) targeted late 2026.
    status
    active

Sources (8)

  1. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nuro-goes-fully-driverless-in-three-cities-advances-capabilities-of-the-nuro-driver-302309214.html
  2. https://dominos.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/dominosr-and-nuro-launch-autonomous-pizza-delivery-road-robot
  3. https://ir.kroger.com/news/news-details/2019/Kroger-and-Nuro-Launch-Autonomous-Delivery-Service-in-Houston/default.aspx
  4. https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fedex-rolls-out-nuro-autonomous-delivery-vehicle-in-houston
  5. https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/15/autonomous-delivery-startup-nuro-moves-into-logistics-with-fedex/
  6. https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/12/dominos-nuro-to-begin-autonomous-pizza-deliveries-in-houston/
  7. Domino's announces autonomous delivery with Nuro R2 · https://abc13.com/dominos-pizza-announces-autonomous-delivery-nuro-r-2-self-driving-car/10510677/ · 2021-04-13
  8. Nuro pivots to license self-driving tech to carmakers · https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/11/nuro-pivots-to-license-self-driving-tech-to-carmakers-mobility-companies/ · 2024-09-11
Methodology: Verified · 8 sources (3 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-21

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: research

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: av

Sources by quality tier

3
primary-company-ir
Company IR disclosure
3
secondary-industry-publication
Industry publication
2
unclassified
Unclassified source

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Common questions

What is the Nuro R2 deployment at Houston?
Nuro R2, built by Nuro, is recorded as a deployment at Houston on the DEPLOY registry. Nuro operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Nuro R2 at Houston?
Nuro, the manufacturer of Nuro R2, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the Nuro R2 deployment at Houston go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting November 1, 2024 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Is the Nuro R2 deployment at Houston still active?
As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is no longer operating at this location.
Have there been incidents at the Nuro R2 deployment at Houston?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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