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Serve Robot at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Level 4 autonomous sidewalk delivery robot for last-mile food delivery via Uber Eats. It is a sidewalk delivery robot designed for physical AI applications. Key specifications include Listing: Public, Nasdaq: SERV, Robots: Sidewalk delivery robots (Uber Eats and other partners), Origin: Spun off from Uber/Postmates, Notable incident: Robot 'Nasir' shattered a Chicago CTA bus shelter (Mar 2026), CEO: Ali Kashani, Co-founder: MJ Burk Chun, Stock: Nasdaq: SERV, Total funding: 47M, Partners: Uber Eats.

Serve Robot by Serve Robotics · Unverified · Sidewalk delivery

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Serve sidewalk delivery robots on DoorDash in the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct, Queensland, including the Griffith University Gold Coast campus. Serve's first market outside the United States and Australia's first footpath robot delivery service. The fleet is based at an operations depot at Griffith University.

Key facts

Platform (company-stated)
DoorDash. Customers ordering from participating restaurants can opt in to robot delivery in the app.
First restaurant (company-stated)
Gnocchi Gnocchi in Southport, with more local restaurants to join in the following weeks.
Depot (university-stated)
Robots are stationed, charged, dispatched and maintained at a depot on Griffith University's Gold Coast campus.
Planned spend (company-stated, Oct 2026)
Serve plans to invest about $500,000 in the region over the next year.

Safety record

No incidents on record for Serve Robot at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

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Trust tier
Unverifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-10-29
Status
pilot
Operator type
maker operated
Site environment
outdoor
Location precision
city centroid
First seen
2026-10-28
ID
16321675-418a-4e5a-a582-9ce7e5332f0c

Timeline

  1. Oct 2026
    First recorded
    Serve Robot first documented operating at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
  2. Oct 2026
    Current status: pilot
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (4)

  1. Australia's First Delivery Robots Arrive on the Gold Coast · https://www.serverobotics.com/blog/australia-s-first-delivery-robots-arrive-on-the-gold-coast/index.html · 2026-10-28
  2. Griffith home to first Serve robot delivery service outside US · https://news.griffith.edu.au/2026/10/29/griffith-home-to-first-serve-robot-delivery-service-outside-us/ · 2026-10-29
  3. Serve launches robot deliveries in Australia in first international push · https://www.streetinsider.com/Reuters/Serve+launches+robot+deliveries+in+Australia+in+first+international+push/27248848.html · 2026-10-28
  4. Serve Robotics Gold Coast launch post · https://x.com/ServeRobotics/status/2115543943643283506 · 2026-10-28
Methodology: Unreviewed · 4 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-29

Verification posture

Unreviewed

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-10-29

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: sidewalk

Sources by quality tier

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Common questions

What is the Serve Robot deployment at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia?
Serve Robot, built by Serve Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia on the DEPLOY registry. Serve Robotics operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Serve Robot at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia?
Serve Robotics, the manufacturer of Serve Robot, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the Serve Robot deployment at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting October 28, 2026 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Serve Robot deployment at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia?
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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