Uber Eats and Coco Robotics rolled out autonomous delivery robots across downtown San Jose, covering a densely packed urban core with hundreds of restaurants and merchants. The zero-emission service allows customers to order food and goods with on-demand delivery along city sidewalks, addressing parking constraints and peak-hour congestion.

Coco Robotics’ purpose-built robots have completed over 500,000 zero-emission deliveries across multiple U.S. markets, leveraging AI and real-world operations data to navigate complex urban environments. The scalable fleet integrates with Uber Eats’ platform, dispatching robots directly from merchant locations to customers’ doorsteps.

The partnership aims to reduce delivery costs for Uber Eats by minimizing reliance on human couriers and lowering last-mile expenses, while enhancing sustainability metrics through electric robots. This innovation could improve profit margins, drive order volumes during peak times and differentiate Uber Eats in competitive markets.

Following prior launches in Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami and Jersey City, San Jose marks the next frontier in Silicon Valley. Uber Eats plans to monitor performance metrics and user adoption before expanding Coco’s autonomous delivery service to additional high-density urban centers.