The news about starship technologies starting autonomous delivery all over the world has spread throughout the world everywhere like a wildfire. Now the only delivery problem that remains is with the fleets of sidewalk delivery robots. If you are not aware of the delivery robots then you should know that starship is the first company that has introduced and operated autonomous public robots in the public spaces since the year 2007 without any safety drivers. Despite the fact there has been quite an antipathy around them, autonomous robots are gaining popularity around all the urban landscapes.
What are Autonomous Robots?
If you are new to the discourse and the introduction of these autonomous robots by the starship technologies, then let us briefly put out the basics for you. Hitherto, all the delivery was done manually by human labour around the city door to door to the consumers. Starship came up with a new and the most innovative method that emits the human factor and replaces them with autonomous robots that perform the delivery of physical goods.
Although there are still many companies that are wary of letting machines roam freely around the city as it is too much of an accommodation for a new and unique technology. Other organizations that are spread in a wide area like hotels, hospitals, etc can and are making a good use of the autonomous robots as it is easier for them to use in a controlled environment. These autonomous robots can be used in these environments to deliver basic items like books, documents, snacks, etc.
The Software Engineering Challenge
Now the question arises about starships being all about robotics but that is not entirely true as there is only a section that is present in the starship industries that work specifically on that part and not the entire starship is dedicated to just robotics. There is a rich set of products that are made for the automated delivery and just fall under the software engineering challenge.
As most of the organizations are opting the all new method of the starship technologies robot operator, the starship technologies are providing rich products of automated delivery and solutions to other multiple challenges to combat any problem regarding both the hardware and software point of view. Alongwith with this, there is also building of backend infrastructure and services that will help in the communication with the robots.
Moreover, the question of remote operation is an imperative one especially in places where the dependence on the autonomous robots and AMR applications is too risky, there are places where the sole dependence on robots might lead to more problems and emitting human presence cannot be a reasonable option or imparting autonomous robots can be technically expensive. In these cases, people are allotted duties and are charged accordingly.
The other thing that is responsible for making starship a great place is the software engineering disciplines that it is covering. It is indeed a great challenge to the autonomous driving department with a building based solution. It also builds an infrastructure in order to communicate with the robots and helps in accessing the sensor data, like video streams from the autonomous robots.
The Fleet Management Solutions: Another Software Engineering Challenge
The other software engineering challenge regarding autonomous robots is fleet management. The fleet management deals with the task of assigning the right robot with the right task in order to optimise delivery times and fulfil all the ETA promises made to the consumers. There is also a marketplace being built with an e-commerce challenge.
The marketplace in the market management controls the orders from end to end that start right away when the consumers place the orders and till the order is readied and shipped at the end. Therefore, as we can see that the starship engineering challenges are quite enough in every field and aspect.
The Marketplace Team in the Autonomous Robots
Another part we are yet to be acquainted with is the role of the marketplace team which is completely responsible for controlling the two-sided team of the marketing i.e. the merchants and the consumers. This marketplace team thus aims at building and sustaining a full-fledged ecommerce solution in the starship industries. If you wonder about the consumer contact with starship, then it starts with the mobile application where the consumer first interacts with it. The consumers also get to select according to their preferences, choose their favourite food from their favourite restaurants and even check the ETAs ( Estimated Time of Arrival), customize the shopping basket, make the payment and track your delivery. When this all ends, then comes the autonomous robot with your delivery which can be unlocked with the help of the code via the applications that you have been provided with.
Another dimension added to the marketplace team is the order state management and range of payment integrations in the system. These are the methods that are being used by the merchants for fulfilment solutions that are provided to them by the runner applications by the accept, order and manage with the autonomous robots that are present there in the starship technologies robot operator. The consumers, thus, interact and recognize the right autonomous robot, and finally load the robots and send them to the stipulated journey.
Apart from these teams, there still remain many other teams that form a part of autonomous robots and AMR applications like the autonomous driving team in the human spaces which develops the software to solve the probabilistic problems and other challenges like robot orientation and robot location. Other teams that are also included are operational services team, core backend team, SRE team, fleet orientation team that equally form the important role in the formation of the autonomous robot team.
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