Serve Robotics partners with Grubhub in robot delivery expansion push

Aug 17 : Serve Robotics said on Monday it is partnering with Grubhub to fulfill orders on the food delivery platform using its sidewalk delivery robots, tapping a new marketplace days after its years-long tie-up with Uber Eats fell through. The San Francisco-based robotics company, known for its boxy, four-wheeled robots delivering Uber Eats and DoorDash orders, said its tie-up with Grubhub will initially launch in Chicago, Los Angeles and Alexandria.The partnership comes as Serve is set to lose its Uber delivery alliance early next year. Uber exited its stake in the company and Serve said earlier this month that it does not currently plan to renew their agreement when it expires, citing declining order volumes and "differing views". "We certainly see the lost volume from Uber more than re