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Robot model

Marble Delivery Robot

sidewalkpilotby Marble

Autonomous sidewalk delivery robot for food delivery.

Track Marble Delivery Robot
Manufacturer
Marble
Form factor
sidewalk
Maturity
pilot
Lifecycle
active

Overview

Autonomous sidewalk delivery robot for food delivery. Partnered with Yelp Eat24 in San Francisco. It is a sidewalk delivery robot designed for physical AI applications. Key specifications include Form Factor: sidewalk, Maturity: ended.

Verified vs. claimed

Maturity stage
pilot(Small-scale deployment in controlled or trial conditions.)
Sources on file
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No verified deployments on file. DEPLOY tracks independently-sourced deployment evidence separately from manufacturer capability claims.

Key facts

Yelp pilot (reported, Apr 2017)

Tested with Yelp Eat24 in San Francisco; customers unlocked cargo by PIN.

Sensors (reported, Apr 2017)

Lidar, cameras, ultrasonic sensors, Nvidia Jetson TX1; chaperoned by a human.

Maker fate (reported, Jun 2020)

Caterpillar bought select Marble assets and staff for construction autonomy.

Data & sources

News coverage

1

Web sources

1

2 sources backing this record.View all →

Pricing

No verified price is on record for Marble Delivery Robot. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.

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Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Marble Delivery Robot.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (2)

  1. https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/12/marble-and-yelp-eat24-start-robot-food-delivery-in-san-francisco/
  2. https://www.powerprogress.com/news/caterpillar-acquires-robotics-expertise/5032958.article · 2020-06-16

Common questions

What is Marble Delivery Robot?
Autonomous sidewalk delivery robot for food delivery. Partnered with Yelp Eat24 in San Francisco. It is a sidewalk delivery robot designed for physical AI applications. Key specifications include Form Factor: sidewalk, Maturity: ended.
How much does Marble Delivery Robot cost?
Marble Delivery Robot's price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Marble Delivery Robot from Marble. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
Is Marble Delivery Robot actually deployed in the real world?
Marble Delivery Robot is at the pilot stage: a trial is reported, but no deployment is yet verified at a named site on the DEPLOY registry. Manufacturer capability claims should be read as claims pending independent verification.
Who makes Marble Delivery Robot?
Marble Delivery Robot is made by Marble, based in San Francisco, California, USA.
Can you buy Marble Delivery Robot?
Marble Delivery Robot is in pilot deployments with named customers and is not yet broadly for sale.
What are alternatives to Marble Delivery Robot?
On the DEPLOY registry, comparable sidewalk robots to Marble Delivery Robot include Starship Bot, Serve Gen 3, Coco Bot, Avride delivery robot.
How does Marble Delivery Robot compare to Starship Bot?
Marble Delivery Robot and Starship Bot (Starship Technologies · 61 deployments) are both sidewalk robots on the DEPLOY registry. Marble Delivery Robot has 0 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
Is Marble Delivery Robot a top sidewalk?
On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Marble Delivery Robot ranks in roughly the top 88% of sidewalk models tracked by the registry.
What is Marble Delivery Robot's maturity stage?
Marble Delivery Robot is at the pilot stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Pilot stage means at least one named-customer trial deployment is verified.
Where is Marble Delivery Robot deployed?
No verified deployments of Marble Delivery Robot are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
Is Marble Delivery Robot safe?
Marble Delivery Robot has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-12

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-10-12

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: sidewalk

Sources by quality tier

1
secondary-industry-publication
Industry publication
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unclassified
Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for Marble Delivery Robot.