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Starship: autonomous sidewalk delivery at scale
Ten million autonomous deliveries and 3,000+ robots across ~300 locations, per the company; unit economics remain unpublished.
Last reviewed: 2026-11 · Methodology & sources →
Fact sheet
- Organization
- Starship Technologies (campuses, cities and Uber Eats)
- Sector
- Logistics & last mile
- Location
- 8 countries (2026), including the US and UK
- Environment
- Urban / pedestrian
- Stage
- Scaling
- First public deployment
- Not published
- Autonomy (editorial classification)
- L4 · High autonomy
- Coordination (editorial classification)
- Coordinated
Published payback
Not published
01The challenge
- Last-mile delivery on university campuses and in cities.[Starship Technologies, 2025]
02The solution
- Hardware
- Starship autonomous delivery robots.[Starship Technologies, 2025]
- Perception
- Not published
- Navigation
- Not published
- Coordination
- Centrally managed fleet; integrated with Uber Eats starting December 2025 in Leeds (UK).[Business Wire, 2025]
03Published KPIs
Figures as communicated, with their context and source. “Not published” means no public figure exists — a gap to close in a pilot.
| KPI | Value | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cumulative deliveriesApril 2025; > 10 million miles | 8 million | April 2025; > 10 million miles | [The Robot Report, 2025] |
| Cumulative deliveriesApril 2026; 3,000+ robots in ~300 locations, 8 countries | 10 million | April 2026; 3,000+ robots in ~300 locations, 8 countries | [Rocking Robots, 2026] |
| Cost per delivery | Not published | — | — |
| Remote interventions per delivery | Not published | — | — |
04Lessons
Integration & operations
- Partnering with an aggregator (Uber Eats) opens demand beyond campuses without Starship building its own ordering channel.[Business Wire, 2025]
Maintenance & limits
Not published
Scaling
- Editorial analysis: cumulative-delivery milestones measure scale, not profitability; for a decision, ask for cost per delivery and remote-intervention rate.Editorial analysis