# Starship Bot at Sunderland: deployment

Canonical ID: `8337c303-8bc6-4d72-9efc-934fa26645cc`

Just Eat and [Starship Technologies](/companies/starship.md) pilot of sidewalk robot takeaway delivery in [Sunderland](/locations/sunderland-uk.md) city centre, announced February 2026, starting with 12 Just Eat restaurant partners and more than 11,000 households. Customers choose robot delivery in the Just Eat app and unlock the robot on arrival.

## Key facts

- **Country:** [United Kingdom](/locations/united-kingdom-3.md)
- **Sector:** Sidewalk food delivery (public spaces)
- **Operator:** Just Eat (platform) with [Starship Technologies](/companies/starship.md) (robot operator)
- **Scale:** 12 restaurant partners, more than 11,000 households at launch (company-stated)
- **Start:** February 2026

**Trust tier:** Unverified

_Last updated: 2026-10-26_

- **Slug:** starship-just-eat-sunderland
- **Status:** pilot
- **Model:** [Starship Bot](/models/starship-bot.md) (id: `7d0a26f0-7eb2-4e9c-b713-1caebc6a5484`)
- **Category:** [Sidewalk delivery](/sidewalk-delivery)
- **Company:** [Starship Technologies](/companies/starship.md) (id: `9fa14702-0c5f-4c07-a300-79665ed32dd9`)
- **Location:** [Sunderland](/locations/united-kingdom/sunderland-uk.md) (id: `a0c2e80f-2775-4540-96ef-3e64b9d947a0`)
- **Operator:** [Starship Technologies](/companies/starship.md) (id: `9fa14702-0c5f-4c07-a300-79665ed32dd9`)
- **First seen:** 2026-02-25T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (2)

1. **Did somebody say... (Just Eat and Starship Technologies Sunderland pilot)** · https://newsroom.justeattakeaway.com/en-GB/262108-did-somebody-say/ · 2026-02-25
2. **Just Eat debuts delivery robot trial at Sunderland** · https://www.grocerygazette.co.uk/2026/02/25/just-eat-debuts-delivery-robot-trial-at-sunderland · 2026-02-25

## 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 Starship Bot deployment at Sunderland?

[Starship Bot](/models/starship-bot.md), built by [Starship Technologies](/companies/starship.md), is recorded as a deployment at [Sunderland](/locations/sunderland-uk.md) on the DEPLOY registry. [Starship Technologies](/companies/starship.md) operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Starship Bot at Sunderland?

[Starship Technologies](/companies/starship.md), the manufacturer of [Starship Bot](/models/starship-bot.md), operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Starship Bot deployment at Sunderland go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting February 25, 2026 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the Starship Bot deployment at Sunderland?

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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