Foodora tests drone and robot deliveries in Sweden

Foodora Norway, the Oslo-based subsidiary of online Q-commerce food delivery brand Foodora Group, has teamed up with Nordic communications company Tele2 to test home deliveries using robots and drones supported by 5G IoT technology.

The Stockholm metropolitan area was chosen for the ground robot and drone delivery trials. The Doora robot will be used in the ground tests, while the drone trials are part of the parallel Foodora Air project.

Foodora, a subsidiary of Berlin-based Delivery Hero, operates in Norway, Sweden, and Finland, delivering restaurant food, groceries, and other goods using cars and bicycles. The company also operates in Austria, Hungary, and Czechia.

The collaboration with Tele2 is part of Foodora’s two-year plan to introduce GPS-based robot home deliveries across the Nordic countries by 2025 and 2026. The joint venture with Tele2 focuses on self-driving robots and drones connected to 5G and IoT technologies.

Foodora aims to launch commercial Doora ground robot deliveries in Sweden and Norway by the end of 2025, with drone services to follow in 2026.

CEO Prashant Søegaard mentioned that Scandinavian countries are behind the US and Finland in self-driving robot food delivery services. The partnership with Tele2 in Sweden will help identify opportunities and challenges in implementing robot deliveries across Nordic markets.

In Finland, S-Group partnered with Starship Technologies to deploy autonomous S-Market delivery robots, with plans to expand the service to more locations.