Robot model
Starship Bot
Starship Bot is the six-wheeled autonomous sidewalk delivery robot of Starship Technologies, founded in 2014 by Skype co-founders Ahti Heinla, who is also…
- Manufacturer
- Starship Technologies
- Form factor
- sidewalk
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 6
- Website
- starship.xyz ↗
Overview
Starship Bot is the six-wheeled autonomous sidewalk delivery robot of Starship Technologies, founded in 2014 by Skype co-founders Ahti Heinla, who is also chief executive, and Janus Friis, with headquarters in San Francisco and engineering hubs in Tallinn, Estonia and Helsinki, Finland. The robot carries an insulated cargo compartment and navigates sidewalks at low speed using multi-sensor fusion of cameras, radar, ultrasonics, and GPS, operating as an operator-supervised Level 4 system: it drives autonomously with remote human oversight and takeover available rather than being driverless, a distinction the registry preserves against Starship's own marketing of Level 4 autonomy without active human supervision. Starship runs a captive operator-supervised service model, operating its own fleet and selling the delivery backbone to apps, retailers, and campuses rather than selling robots to third parties, integrating with platforms such as Uber Eats, Just Eat, Bolt, Foodora, Grubhub, and Wolt. As of Starship's own April 2026 disclosure it had passed ten million cumulative autonomous deliveries with more than three thousand robots across more than three hundred service areas in eight countries: the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, the Czech Republic, and the United States, with more than sixty-five US university campuses as its anchor segment; Denmark, sometimes listed in priors, is not among them. It remains privately held, having closed a fifty-million-dollar Series C led by Plural in October 2025 that brought cumulative funding above two hundred eighty million dollars, with no valuation disclosed by the company.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Verified deployments
- 6 deployments on file
- Sources on file
- 6 sources, view all
Key facts
Operating speed
~4 mph (legacy spec)
Autonomy level
Operator-supervised Level 4 with remote human oversight/takeover available
Sensor suite
Cameras, radar, ultrasonics, GPS; lidar on some configs
Cumulative deliveries
10M+ cumulative autonomous deliveries (Apr 2026)
Fleet size
3,000+ robots
Specs
Specs
Starship Bot: six-wheeled insulated-cargo autonomous sidewalk delivery robot at low speed (~4 mph, legacy spec) with multi-sensor fusion (cameras + radar + ultrasonics + GPS; lidar on some configs). Operator-supervised Level 4 on sidewalks: runs autonomously with remote human oversight/takeover available. Operational scale (Apr 2026, Starship-direct): 10M+ cumulative autonomous deliveries, 3,000+ robots, 300+ service areas across 8 countries, 65+ US university campuses, 22M+ autonomous km, ~125,000 road crossings/day. Captive operator-supervised SERVICE model: Starship operates its own fleet and integrates with delivery apps (Uber Eats, Just Eat, Bolt, Foodora, Grubhub, Wolt) plus grocers/retailers; does NOT sell robots to third parties.
Form Factor
sidewalk (six-wheeled operator-supervised L4 sidewalk delivery robot; captive delivery-service model)
Data & sources
Press releases
4
News coverage
1
Web sources
1
6 sources backing this record.View all →
Availability and pricing
- Availability
- Not sold (internal use)
- Price
- Not publicly disclosed
- Units in field
- 2000 claimedvendor claim, unverified
- Sales model
- Not for sale
- Lead time
- Not disclosed
Accountability: Starship Technologies has a Claim Integrity of 100% (4 of 4 public claims verified). See the industry ledger.
Deployments (6)
Starship Technologies launched a sidewalk robot delivery service on the Arizona State University Tempe campus, offering contactless food delivery in partnership with Aramark.
- Starship Bot at UNC Charlotteoperational
Starship Technologies launched a 30-robot sidewalk delivery fleet at UNC Charlotte in March 2023, providing food delivery service on campus.
Starship Technologies launched food delivery robots at the University of Illinois Chicago in fall 2021 with 25 robots, later operating approximately 20 robots conducting roughly 100 deliveries per week.
- Starship Bot at Wichita State Universityoperational
Starship Technologies launched its sidewalk robot delivery service at Wichita State University, with robots delivering food across campus.
Starship Technologies launched autonomous food delivery service at Bowling Green State University, making it the first university in Ohio to offer autonomous delivery.
Starship Technologies operates a sidewalk robot delivery service at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, described as Starship's biggest US campus client.
Recent activity
- CreatedMay 24, 2026
Manufacturer-attributed media (2)
Manufacturer-supplied media at the model level. Not tied to an independently verified named-site deployment. Verification posture is product-showcase from the maker, distinct from the deployment-verified evidence in the section above.
Starship's footage of its sidewalk delivery robots running a campus delivery service. The robots operate with supervised autonomy (remote-operator oversight) in geofenced areas.
Official Starship Technologies video celebrating the milestone of one million autonomous deliveries. The millionth delivery took place at Bowling Green, Ohio.
Safety record
2 incidents on record (1 moderate, 1 minor). Most recent: Feb 2024.
Most recent: Feb 2024
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Incidents affecting Starship Bot (2)
- Starship Technologies delivery robot reportedly struck a parked car and left the scene, Helsinki (2025)2024-02-15 · Property damage
Includes incidents linked directly to this model or to deployments of it. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (6)
- https://www.starship.xyz/press/autonomous-delivery-moves-into-the-mainstream-as-starship-technologies-passes-10-million-deliveries/
- https://www.starship.xyz/press/starship-technologies-raises-50m-series-c/
- https://www.starship.xyz/press/skype-co-founders-launch-a-company-with-a-mission-to-make-local-delivery-free/
- https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251015387447/en/Starship-Technologies-Raises-$50M-Series-C-to-Scale-Autonomous-Delivery-Across-U.S.-Cities
- https://www.therobotreport.com/starship-technologies-obtains-series-c-funding-for-autonomous-deliveries/
- https://www.starship.xyz/about/
Compare Starship Bot
Common questions
- What is Starship Bot?
- Starship Bot is the six-wheeled autonomous sidewalk delivery robot of Starship Technologies, founded in 2014 by Skype co-founders Ahti Heinla, who is also chief executive, and Janus Friis, with headquarters in San Francisco and engineering hubs in Tallinn, Estonia and Helsinki, Finland. The robot carries an insulated cargo compartment and navigates sidewalks at low speed using multi-sensor fusion of cameras, radar, ultrasonics, and GPS, operating as an operator-supervised Level 4 system: it drives autonomously with remote human oversight and takeover available rather than being driverless, a distinction the registry preserves against Starship's own marketing of Level 4 autonomy without active human supervision. Starship runs a captive operator-supervised service model, operating its own fleet and selling the delivery backbone to apps, retailers, and campuses rather than selling robots to third parties, integrating with platforms such as Uber Eats, Just Eat, Bolt, Foodora, Grubhub, and Wolt. As of Starship's own April 2026 disclosure it had passed ten million cumulative autonomous deliveries with more than three thousand robots across more than three hundred service areas in eight countries: the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, the Czech Republic, and the United States, with more than sixty-five US university campuses as its anchor segment; Denmark, sometimes listed in priors, is not among them. It remains privately held, having closed a fifty-million-dollar Series C led by Plural in October 2025 that brought cumulative funding above two hundred eighty million dollars, with no valuation disclosed by the company.
- Is Starship Bot actually deployed in the real world?
- Yes. Starship Bot is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
- Who makes Starship Bot?
- Starship Bot is made by Starship Technologies, based in San Francisco, CA, founded in 2014.
- Where is Starship Bot deployed?
- 6 verified deployments of Starship Bot are on the DEPLOY registry, including at Arizona State University (Tempe), UNC Charlotte, University of Illinois Chicago.
- What are alternatives to Starship Bot?
- On the DEPLOY registry, comparable sidewalk robots to Starship Bot include Coco Bot, Dax ADA, Serve Gen 3, Serve Robot.
- How does Starship Bot compare to Coco Bot?
- Starship Bot and Coco Bot (Coco Robotics · 8 deployments) are both sidewalk robots on the DEPLOY registry. Starship Bot has 6 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
- Is Starship Bot a top sidewalk?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Starship Bot ranks in roughly the top 16% of sidewalk models tracked by the registry.
- What is Starship Bot's maturity stage?
- Starship Bot is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.
- Is Starship Bot safe?
- Starship Bot has 2 active incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. 2 incidents on record (1 moderate, 1 minor). Most recent: Feb 2024. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.
Methodology: Verified · 6 sources (4 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-09
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-09
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: sidewalk
Sources by quality tier
- 4
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Starship Bot.Recent coverage
Starship Bot in third-party press
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Starship Bot from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Autonomous Mobile Robots: The Future of Logistics
VivaTech: AMRs transforming logistics from warehouse automation to last-mile delivery. Technology overview.
The backlash over delivery robots
BBC: Growing backlash over delivery robots appearing on pavements in US cities. Accessibility and safety concerns mounting.
Starship Technologies ending delivery robot service at US college campuses
Starship Technologies ending autonomous delivery robot service at Winona State University and all other US college campuses.
Starship Technologies: 10 million autonomous deliveries completed
Starship robots are 99% autonomous, Level 4. Completed over 10 million deliveries, millions more than any competitor.
Starship Technologies exits college and university segment to focus on grocery delivery
Starship Technologies announced it is leaving the college and university delivery segment to focus on grocery delivery, moving over 1,200 robots from campuses to grocery retailers…
Starship Technologies passes 10 million autonomous deliveries
Starship Technologies surpassed 10 million autonomous deliveries and 22 million kilometers driven, marking a major milestone for sidewalk delivery robots. The company also…
Starship Technologies and Just Eat announce ground-breaking partnership
Starship Technologies and Just Eat announced a major partnership expanding robot delivery. Starship claims to have made more than two million deliveries.
Starship Technologies Raises 0M Series C to Scale Autonomous Delivery
Starship Technologies raised 0M Series C, bringing total funding to 80M+. Founded by Skype co-founders, completed 7M+ autonomous deliveries.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/starship-bot.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/7d0a26f0-7eb2-4e9c-b713-1caebc6a5484
- Revision history: /models/starship-bot/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Buyer-facing pricing: deploy.report/price/starship-bot
Video
Our so cute food delivery robots in Milton Keynes #miltonkeynes #starship #fooddelivery
Get ready for some dramatic music and experience a day in the life of a busy Starship Robot as it autonomously delivers throughout the city of Milton Keynes fro
In November 2016, a Starship Delivery Robot made its first delivery in Redwood City, California. The local bakery, Cafe La Tartine used a Starship Robot to deli
When @IShowSpeed gets hungry on his Estonian tour, we deliver! Full video: https://www.youtube.com/live/38qoEClIc5Q?si=UUnaHodbZZROkyPj Special thanks to our
Tänä vuonna robottimme uhmasivat ensimmäistä kertaa Suomen talvea. Kun lumi hälvenee ja päivät pitenevät, muistelemme, miten robotit hoitivat tuhansia toimituks
This video version includes audio descriptions. To view the version without, click: https://youtu.be/v01mlpLKag4 Find out how Starship robots are designed with
DEPLOY Intelligence Score
53.9/ 100
6-month trend
Analysis
Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 9, 2026
Intelligence layer