Grab, NCS to Deliver Food Via Robot Along Siloso Beach in May

Grab Singapore teamed up with technology services firm NCS to test an autonomous vehicle (AV) robot food delivery service next month.

The one-month pilot run will see the AV robot named Island A.H.B.O.I. serve guests on Sentosa’s beaches and F&B merchants along Siloso Beach starting early May, according to a press release on April 27. Guests can have their food delivered to Emerald Pavilion and Sapphire Pavilion along Siloso Beach. They can also use Grab’s Mix-and-Match and Self Pick-up features built into the robot to order from the two F&B brands participating, namely Ola Beach Club and Summerhouse Beach Club at Skypark Sentosa by AJ Hackett, at one go. The robot is weather-proof and built with food warming and cooling technology.

Island A.H.B.O.I. is said to be the first food delivery trial with an AV robot that runs on Singtel’s 5G Standalone network.

Autonomous vehicle company Neolix also collaborated with Grab and NCS on this test run.