Robochops – on the road with a food-delivery droid

Not many futuristic technological advances involve lamb cutlets served with a choice of chips or salad. But this week, takeaway history was made when a Turkish restaurant in south London became the world’s first to use a robot delivery driver.

It’s part of a trial of a by takeaway app Just Eat. They have signed up seven mechanoids from Starship Technologies – a tech company run by two of Skype’s co-founders – and will be using them across Greenwich in the coming weeks. Now, when customers in the area order from a nearby restaurant, there’s a chance that their chicken chow mein will be brought to them by a robot.