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Zach Rash, Co-Founder & CEO, Coco Robotics joined Grayson Brulte on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss the growing autonomous delivery market and how Coco is scaling operations to meet demand.
Coco Robotics has built and deployed thousands of cost-efficient, urban-optimized delivery robots designed for high-throughput in dense cities like Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, and Helsinki. From rising consumer demand and tipping fatigue to tightening labor regulations, market conditions are accelerating the need for scalable, autonomous delivery solutions.
As the conversation evolves, Zach shares insights into Coco Robotics hybrid autonomy approach, the economics of remote supervision, and the company’s growing partnership with OpenAI to build next-gen driving models.
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0:00 Current State of Robotic Delivery Market
04:29 Advertising
09:04 Form Factors
11:28 Delivery Logistics
14:01 Weather Extremes
16:32 Packaging
21:17 Merchant Partners
24:01 Robot Operations
31:22 OpenAI Partnership
35:26 End-to-End Model
38:27 Manufactoring Robots
41:12 Deploying Delivery Robots into Markets
47:41 Future of Coco Robotics
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Coco Robotics has built and deployed thousands of cost-efficient, urban-optimized delivery robots designed for high-throughput in dense cities like Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, and Helsinki. From rising consumer demand and tipping fatigue to tightening labor regulations, market conditions are accelerating the need for scalable, autonomous delivery solutions.
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0:00 Current State of Robotic Delivery Market
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09:04 Form Factors
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21:17 Merchant Partners
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