U-Lex Bayer, owayeyintloko yophuhliso lwamashishini kwi-Airbnb, ukhokela inkonzo yokuhambisa iirobhothi eStarship.UMike Windle / Getty Izithombe zeAirbnb Abafundi beekholeji kungekudala banenye indlela yoku-odola ukutya okulula ebusuku.
Starship Technologies ubhengeze ityala lakhe yeenkonzo zayo zokuhambisa iirobhothi, kanye ngexesha lokubuyela kwisikolo. Ukuqalisa kuthembisa ukufezekisa iiodolo zepitsa, i-sushi kunye ne-Starbucks kwimizuzu nje engama-30, ngentlawulo ye- $ 1 ukuya kwi- $ 2. Nangona kunjalo, ayizukubonelela ngokuhanjiswa kotywala.
Ukukhutshwa kucwangciselwe ngaphezulu kwe-100 iikhampasi zaseMelika kule minyaka mibini izayo. Ukuphehlelelwa kuya kubandakanya iYunivesithi yasePittsburgh, iYunivesithi yePurdue kunye neYunivesithi yaseGeorge Mason, ukongezwa ngoSeptemba.
Inkampani inethemba lokufezekisa iinjongo zayo ezinomdla zokulawula ukuhanjiswa kokutya enkampanini ngaphezulu kwe- $ 42 yezigidi zeStarship Technologies eziphakanyiswe kunyaka ophelileyo. Ngokwenkampani, iirobhothi ziqhuba ngokuzimeleyo i-99% yexesha lokwenza ukhuseleko kunye nokusingqongileyo ekuhambiseni icala kwicala lendawo. 
Iirobhothi zokuhambisa zeStarship Technologies zifika kwiikholeji zekholeji kokuwa.U-Evan Cantwell / iiNkonzo zoBuchule / iYunivesithi yaseGeorge Mason
Eyilwe ngokubambisana nabasunguli be-Skype u-Ahti Heinla noJanus Friis, iirobhothi ze-AI ezixhaswe yi-Starship ziya kufika kwindawo ezigcweleyo yokuhambisa ukutya. Ngeli xesha, u-CEO uLex Bayer, ongene ebhodini Kunyaka ophelileyo, ligosa eliphezulu le-Airbnb elalisebenza njengentloko yalo kuphuhliso lwamashishini kunye ne-Airbnb yezoShishino, phakathi kwezinye iindima.
U-Bayer uxelele i-CNBC ukuba iirobhothi zeStarship zinenzuzo ngaphezu kwabakhuphisana nabo ngenxa yokukwazi kwabo ukukhangela iikhampasi zeekholeji ezihlala zixineneyo. Ukungathethi, iirobhothi zalapha zibonelela abafundi kwiiyunivesithi ezikumgangatho ophezulu ukhetho lokuhanjiswa kwento ngokukhawuleza.
Kutheni le nto uthenga isikrufu kwi-intanethi kwindawo ye-e-commerce eya kuthi ifike khona emva kweentsuku ezimbini xa ungayithenga kwivenkile yezixhobo yasekhaya kwaye ube nayo kwisiqingatha seyure? U-Bayer ucacisile.
I-Starship ayisosiqalo kuphela esinethemba lokurhwebesha abathengi abangenamonde ngokuhanjiswa kweerobhothi okufanelekileyo. Kule nyanga, abo babeposile bafumene imvume evela eSan Francisco yokuvavanya iindlela ezifanayo zokuhlala-ezindleleni kwiiodolo zabathengi.
Ukuphehlelelwa kweStarship kungqina ukuba iinkonzo zonikezelo ezingaphezulu zisetyenziselwa ukuphikisana nokusetyenziswa kweedrone endaweni yezinye iindlela ezikhuselekileyo, ezinjengeerobhothi zendlela.
