{"id":191986,"date":"2026-05-10T20:27:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T20:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/dominos-begins-autonomous-pizza-delivery\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T20:27:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T20:27:24","slug":"dominos-begins-autonomous-pizza-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dominos-begins-autonomous-pizza-delivery\/","title":{"rendered":"Domino\u2019s Begins Autonomous Pizza Delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/dominos-begins-autonomous-pizza-delivery.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><span><span>This week, Domino\u2019s is rolling out autonomous pizza delivery via Nuro\u2019s R2 robot. This new delivery option is an occupantless robotic vehicle that has regulatory approval from the U.S. Department of Transportation.\u00a0The rollout is limited to certain times and only one location in Houston, TX.\u00a0 In the age of COVID-19, contactless delivery has already become a major staple for most delivery services. Pizza has been inextricably tied to gaming as a go-to food option for ages, and it will be interesting to see how much momentum driverless delivery commands.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tw-align-center twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Houston, we have a robot.<\/p>\n<p>And that robot is named R2 by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nurobots?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nurobots<\/a>: a self-driving, pizza-delivering vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>And we\u2019re testing it out in Houston, TX.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the future of pizza delivery. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dxGmC5jHwe\">pic.twitter.com\/dxGmC5jHwe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Domino&#8217;s Pizza (@dominos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dominos\/status\/1381608079150653443?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span><span>One is reminded of the amazing days of EverQuest II\u2019s famous \u201cslash pizza\u201d command, where the player could enter \/pizza to begin a pizza delivery order. You could be sitting there regaining your mana, getting ready to take on orcs, and have a pizza delivered. If you played MMORPGs back during these days, this sort of marketing campaign was a big deal among monster grinders. While in actuality, using the command was not much different than if you had gone to a website yourself and punched in an order for delivery, there was a novelty to it that really embraced MMO culture of the late 90\u2019s and early 2000s.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<article class=\"embedded-entity\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/dominos-begins-autonomous-pizza-delivery-1.jpg\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/article>\n<p><span><span>While \/pizza is more of a meme today and generally used to take jabs at gaming lifestyles, especially the MMO scene, it was absolutely a real thing lost to time. However, pizza has always\u00a0been\u00a0a gaming adjacent food, with the big overnight game events held in houses, basements, and LAN parties often accompanied by stacks of pie and 2-liters of soda. With pizza generally being greasy and dangerous to both keyboards and controllers, it\u2019s an interesting choice for gaming, but it\u2019s easy to eat and doesn\u2019t require any utensils or even plates, depending on your situation, which makes it a great choice.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>The new Domino\u2019s bot is tracked via GPS, making it easy to find in case your location involves side roads or alcoves. Is this the future of pizza delivery? Is this the future of all delivery? What are the long-term implications of this tech if it takes off? Oh, and do you just really want to order a pizza now? Let us know in the comments!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/gamer-culture\/2021\/04\/12\/dominos-begins-autonomous-pizza-delivery\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Domino\u2019s is rolling out autonomous pizza delivery via Nuro\u2019s R2 robot. This new delivery option is an occupantless robotic vehicle that has regulatory approval from the U.S. Department of Transportation.\u00a0The rollout is limited to certain times and only one location in Houston, TX.\u00a0 In the age of COVID-19, contactless delivery has already become a major staple for most delivery services. Pizza has been inextricably tied to gaming as a go-to food option for ages, and it will be interesting to see how much momentum driverless delivery commands.\u00a0 Houston, we have a robot. And that robot is named R2 by @nurobots: a self-driving, pizza-delivering vehicle. And we\u2019re testing it out in Houston, TX. 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