The Domino’s crew in Australia has designed an autonomous robot that can navigate its way to your doorstep and deliver your pizza order.
The four-wheeled Domino’s Robotic Unit (DRU) prototype can detect and avoid obstacles as it travels on sidewalks to reach its destination. Separate storage compartments keep your pizzas hot and your drinks cold.
DRU is the first major idea from Domino’s new innovation lab, which collaborated with Australian startup Marathon Robotics on the project.
Domino’s says it’s tested DRU on several deliveries in semi-autonomous mode, with permits from the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads.
The company is still a while away from sending out DRU to tackle regular orders; it still has a number of legal requirements to fulfill before the robot can be pressed into service.
Expect more autonomous bots pottering about your neighborhood soon. Last month, ex-Skype founder Ahti Heinla’s Starship Technologies announced that it was ready to begin testing its terrestrial delivery drone on the streets of London .
➤ Domino’s Reveals Plans for the World’s First Commercial Autonomous Delivery Vehicle! [Medianet]
Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge available to pre-order in the UK from Friday
Samsung has confirmed that buyers keen to pre-order the company’s latest flagship Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge devices will be able to reserve a handset from March 20.
While it’ll be available to order from a range or retailers – Vodafone, Carphone Warehouse, Three, EE and O2, among others – customers who pre-order from the Samsung Experience Store or directly from Samsungom will get their handsets a day earlier than everyone else, on April 9. Everyone else will have to wait until the following day.
Unfortunately, exact pricing hasn’t yet been revealed for each retailer, but you can expect it to be at the ‘premium’ end of the scale.
Update: We now have some indicative pricing for some models. The S6 32GB entry-level version costs £599 ($885) SIM-free from Samsung, while the 64GB Edge version will set you back £760 ($1,122). Samsung isn’t yet revealing what higher capacity models will cost.
➤ Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge
Samsung’s curved all-in-one PC lands March 8 for $1,299
Samsung’s ATIV One 7 Curved was announced at CES , and will finally be going on sale this Sunday for $1,299.
While there are plenty of curved HDTVs and monitors already on the market, this is the first all-in-one curved PC. And if you have a Samsung smartphone, you can pair the two for one-tap music playback as well as answering messages and calls on the computer.
It boasts a 27-inch 1080p curved display and a Core i5 processor with 8GB of RAM, 1 TB storage and runs Windows 8.1. The curvature of the screen offers 178-degree viewing angles. The PC also comes with 10-watt HD audio, Dolby Surround speakers.
➤ Samsung ATIV One 7