# Serve Robot at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia: deployment

Canonical ID: `16321675-418a-4e5a-a582-9ce7e5332f0c`

Serve sidewalk delivery robots on [DoorDash](/companies/doordash.md) in the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct, [Queensland](/locations/queensland-australia.md), including the Griffith University Gold Coast campus. Serve's first market outside the [United States](/locations/waymo-fleet-usa.md) and [Australia](/locations/australia.md)'s first footpath robot delivery service. The fleet is based at an operations depot at Griffith University.

## Key facts

- **Platform (company-stated):** [DoorDash](/companies/doordash.md). 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.

**Trust tier:** Unverified

_Last updated: 2026-10-29_

- **Slug:** serve-robot-gold-coast-doordash-2026
- **Status:** pilot
- **Model:** [Serve Robot](/models/serve-robot.md) (id: `51fa500f-5937-4080-aa93-2835ac393df0`)
- **Category:** [Sidewalk delivery](/sidewalk-delivery)
- **Company:** [Serve Robotics](/companies/serve-robotics.md) (id: `fe7b5d4c-4e52-4f57-8593-b8289761539b`)
- **Location:** [Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia](/locations/australia/queensland-australia/gold-coast-queensland-australia.md) (id: `eee299ab-b7f8-4546-bda9-046774e5e53f`)
- **Operator:** [Serve Robotics](/companies/serve-robotics.md) (id: `fe7b5d4c-4e52-4f57-8593-b8289761539b`)
- **First seen:** 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## 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

## Verified answers

- [Where do delivery robots operate?](/where-do-delivery-robots-operate.md)
- [Sidewalk robot laws: every US state and major market](/sidewalk-robot-laws.md)
- [Delivery robot specs compared](/delivery-robot-specs-compared.md)

## Common questions

### What is the Serve Robot deployment at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia?

[Serve Robot](/models/serve-robot.md), built by [Serve Robotics](/companies/serve-robotics.md), is recorded as a deployment at [Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia](/locations/gold-coast-queensland-australia.md) on the DEPLOY registry. [Serve Robotics](/companies/serve-robotics.md) operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Serve Robot at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia?

[Serve Robotics](/companies/serve-robotics.md), the manufacturer of [Serve Robot](/models/serve-robot.md), 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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