ROBOTS in Japan can add mail delivery to their resumes. Japan Post unveiled a self-driving mail delivery robot in Tokyo last week as a solution for minimizing human contact during the pandemic.

The adorable red DeliRo robot is equipped with built-in cameras and sensors so it can avoid obstacles such as utility poles. It can also cross busy intersections by reading the traffic lights.

The postal robot developed by ZMP can carry packages weighing up to 30 kilograms and can travel at the speed of 6 kilometers per hour. Japan Post hopes to put the self-driving delivery robots into regular use by 2021

Japan Post is running the mail robot through a series of delivery tests that started Sept. 18 and will continue through late October.

(SD-Agencies)