# Starship Bot at Richardson, Texas, USA (UT Dallas): deployment

Canonical ID: `0849411a-62c4-4dd5-9176-5bd107d9ce1f`

Meal-delivering robots made debut at UT Dallas in late 2019.

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-08-14_

- **Slug:** starship-ut-dallas-richardson
- **Status:** operational
- **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:** [Richardson, Texas, USA (UT Dallas)](/locations/richardson-texas-usa.md) (id: `170b558f-5e07-4bc5-a8ed-b994e77fa56c`)
- **First seen:** 2019-12-26T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.dallasnews.com/business/technology/2019/12/26/on-university-of-texas-at-dallas-growing-campus-meal-delivering-robots-make-splashy-debut/

## 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 Richardson, Texas, USA (UT Dallas)?

Starship Bot, built by Starship Technologies, is recorded as a deployment at Richardson, Texas, USA (UT Dallas) on the DEPLOY registry. Starship Technologies operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Starship Bot at Richardson, Texas, USA (UT Dallas)?

Starship Technologies, the manufacturer of Starship Bot, 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 Richardson, Texas, USA (UT Dallas) go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting December 26, 2019 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the Starship Bot deployment at Richardson, Texas, USA (UT Dallas)?

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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