Starship Technologies, the company that runs the robot food delivery service on several US college campuses including Oregon State University, was founded in 2014. The robots use GPS, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and sensors to navigate the campus. The company did not immediately respond to requests for comment regarding the bomb threat.
Key takeaways:
- Oregon State University issued a warning to students not to open any food delivery robots on campus due to a bomb threat.
- The school isolated the robots remotely in a safe location and campus police were investigating the situation.
- Starship Technologies, the company that runs the robot food delivery service, operates on several college campuses in the United States.
- The Starship robots use a combination of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and sensors to navigate the campus.