RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s first autonomous food delivery service has been launched in the ROSHN Front’s Business Area in Riyadh.
A partnership between housing developer ROSHN Group and delivery app Jahez, the service aims to reduce delivery times in addition to cutting carbon emissions, and is licensed by the Kingdom’s Transport General Authority.
Jayesh Maganlal, ROSHN Group’s chief information and digital officer, told Arab News that the launch aligned with the company’s strategy of “expansion, innovation and sustainability.”
Mohammed Al-Barrak, the chief technology officer at Jahez, said: “We’re happy that we officially launched autonomous delivery with ROSHN, as (we were) the first company to get the license from the sandbox (regulatory sandbox program) from the Transport General Authority.”
The initial stage of the launch will see five autonomous robots operating within ROSHN Front’s Business Area during working hours, as part of a wider initiative to test autonomous deliveries.
