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Autonomous delivery is here. Meet Kar-go, one of the world's first street-legal, self-driving delivery vehicles. You buy something online and this eco-friendly machine drives itself to your house & delivers the package autonomously - bringing convenience and cutting the cost of e-commerce deliveries

  • Fully approved by the DVSA to drive on the roads in the UK
  • Deployed in trials with the Royal Air Force, cash position of £2M
  • Government-backed with paid commercial partnerships in progress
  • Providing a delivery solution for the $4 trillion ecommerce industry

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Self-driving technology deployed in trials with the RAF at RAF Brize Norton
Kar-go being inspected by the DVSA in 2020 in order to receive its license from the DVLA as a roadworthy vehicle. With this licence Kar-go is permitted to drive on any road in the UK.
Kar-go being inspected by the DVSA in 2020 in order to receive its license from the DVLA as a roadworthy vehicle. With this licence Kar-go is permitted to drive on any road in the UK.
Kar-go Delivery Bot driving in London by St. Paul's Cathedral
Kar-go Delivery Bot driving in London by St. Paul's Cathedral
RAF Brize Norton Station Commander, Group Captain Emily Flynn testing out the remote command centre experience with members of RAF Astra innovation programme observing during trials on the UK's largest airbase.
RAF Brize Norton Station Commander, Group Captain Emily Flynn testing out the remote command centre experience with members of RAF Astra innovation programme observing during trials on the UK's largest airbase.
The command chair from which an operator can remotely take control of a vehicle if it requires assistance. The chair is designed to reflect a normal driving experience with a steering wheel and pedals.
The command chair from which an operator can remotely take control of a vehicle if it requires assistance. The chair is designed to reflect a normal driving experience with a steering wheel and pedals.
Kar-go Delivery Bot parked near St. Paul's Cathedral London
Kar-go Delivery Bot parked near St. Paul's Cathedral London
Crowds gathering around Kar-go Delivery Bot when parked in a loading bay in London
Crowds gathering around Kar-go Delivery Bot when parked in a loading bay in London
Kar-go Delivery Bot being transported inside our mobile command hub, Athena. The rear section opens completely to enable us to load and unload delivery vehicles using ramps.
Kar-go Delivery Bot being transported inside our mobile command hub, Athena. The rear section opens completely to enable us to load and unload delivery vehicles using ramps.
Kar-go delivering packages for local boutique, Something Special to local residents in Surrey. Rear hatch opening to present the package to the recipient.
Kar-go delivering packages for local boutique, Something Special to local residents in Surrey. Rear hatch opening to present the package to the recipient.
Kar-go Delivery Bot driving over London Bridge
Kar-go Delivery Bot driving over London Bridge

The multi-trillion $ eCommerce market is growing fast. Consumers want convenience without cost, but the “last mile” remains the most expensive part of logistics & it's not just a retail problem. Imagine you’re a major global organisation with turnover in the billions. The cost of moving things from A-B is millions per quarter. Autonomous deliveries will slash this cost, but, as most major tech & car companies focus on B2C solutions like robotaxis first, the retail industry has to wait.

Academy of Robotics is a technology company providing Autonomous Vehicle Technology as a Service for large organisations - enabling them to simply plug-in our tech, delivering automated vehicle solutions in weeks, not years. They can license our self-driving Kar-go vehicles; our command hub monitoring facility; or we could automate a partner's existing electric fleet.

And we move fast..

Within 6 months of unveiling our Kar-go vehicle at Goodwood in 2019, we agreed a partnership with part of the Vinci group to use our system in road maintenance.

1 year on:

-Kar-go was licensed as street legal by the DVLA in the UK;

-we had developed our first Command Hub integration for remote operation & added safety provision

-and we were on the roads making deliveries in a government-backed trial.

Kar-go received an overwhelmingly positive reception from the public & media.

Now we’re scaling up to meet demand

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