{"id":95182,"date":"2020-01-22T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=95182"},"modified":"2020-01-22T11:24:01","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T17:24:01","slug":"ole-miss-dining-introduces-starship-delivery-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/ole-miss-dining-introduces-starship-delivery-robots\/","title":{"rendered":"Ole Miss Dining Introduces Starship Delivery Robots"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A fleet of robots is roaming the University of Mississippi campus, delivering meals to students, faculty and staff on demand. Ole Miss is the first SEC member to employ autonomous delivery robots for food service. Photo by Christian Johnson\/ Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services<\/p><\/div>\n

OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 As University of Mississippi<\/a> students resume classes for the spring semester, they are sharing the campus’ sidewalks with a fleet of robots that can deliver meals at the push of a button.<\/p>\n

Starship Technologies<\/a>, the world’s leading autonomous delivery service, has launched robot food delivery services at the university, the first in the Southeastern Conference to have autonomous delivery robots.<\/p>\n

Beginning today (Jan. 22), Ole Miss students, faculty and staff can access the Starship Deliveries app (iOS<\/a> <\/span>and Android<\/a>) to order food and drinks to be delivered anywhere on campus, within minutes from any of the 30 robots serving UM. The service will work in conjunction with student meal plans.<\/p>\n

“Ole Miss Dining is focused on the continued utilization of advanced technology to enrich the student, faculty and staff dining experience,” said Chip Burr, resident district manager of Ole Miss Dining Services<\/a>. “We are excited about the expansion of our mobile ordering operation and the new opportunities this partnership creates.”<\/p>\n