Starship Technologies is expanding its Co-op robot delivery service across more areas of Leeds.

The move follows a successful pilot carried out in November 2022, which gave 20,000 residents within the Adel and Tinshill area of Leeds access to the service.

Following the expansion, a further 12,000 households in Kippax and Swarcliffe will be able to have their groceries delivered by the autonomous robots.

Customer orders are placed via the the Starship food delivery app, with locals able to choose from a range of groceries which are picked from two Co-op stores.

“The feedback we have received since first launching in Leeds last year has been overwhelmingly positive and we are pleased to be able to extend the benefits the robots have provided to an additional 12,000 homes from today," said Andrew Curtis, director of European operations, Starship Technologies. "More and more people are conscious of trying to reduce their carbon footprint and our robots help with this by eliminating the need for short car journeys to pick up groceries.”

Starship robots use renewable electricity, with the company claiming deliveries consume as little energy as boiling a kettle to make one cup of tea.

Since its launch of commercial deliveries in 2018, the business' 2,000+ fleet of robots have completed over five million deliveries around the world.

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