# Nuro R2 at Houston: deployment

Canonical ID: `cf0c9723-e9ba-4816-802c-c43c232c1c0a`

Walmart and Nuro announced an autonomous grocery-delivery pilot in December 2019, serving opt-in customers in Houston with the Nuro R2 and autonomous Priuses. It did not scale to a permanent commercial deployment and wound down with Nuro's September 2024 pivot to licensing. The pilot did not convert.

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-07-09_

- **Slug:** nuro-walmart-houston
- **Status:** ended
- **Model:** [Nuro R2](/models/nuro-r2.md) (id: `275b75ca-33c8-4d8d-82ce-3801e5505e85`)
- **Company:** [Nuro](/companies/nuro.md) (id: `24cc7835-a940-4663-a48b-803f6e546dea`)
- **Location:** [Houston](/locations/united-states/texas/houston.md) (id: `360f0034-a348-409b-b804-fdbf8b23794b`)

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (2)

1. **Walmart to test drive autonomous grocery deliveries with Nuro** · https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2019/12/10/walmart-to-test-drive-autonomous-grocery-deliveries-with-nuro · 2019-12-10
2. **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

## 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.

### 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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