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After acquiring the delivery startup Postmates for $US2.65 ($3) billion last year, Uber Technologies announced on Tuesday that plans to spin the company’s robotics division out into a separate company: Serve Robotics.
The new company’s name is a nod to the black and yellow Serve delivery robot developed by Postmates X, the startup’s original robotics division. The robot, designed to patrol neighbourhood footpaths bearing gifts of burritos and fries, will likely remain a key element of the newly-formed company.