Expected time frame for roll out of delivery robots in the U.S. 2017

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Dec 21, 2022

This statistic depicts the public perception in the U.S. in 2017 regarding the roll out of delivery robots for the delivery of packages. During the survey, 52 percent of respondents expected independent delivery robots to be in use within the next five years, but not the next year.

When do you expect a delivery robot concept will be in use?*

Characteristic	Already in use, or within 1 year	Within the next 5 years, but not the next year	More than 5 years, or never
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Release date

April 2018

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Region

United States

Survey time period

November 13 to December 6, 2017

Number of respondents

2,942 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The initial question was: "When, if ever, do you expect that companies might start to use self-guided robots [as we just described for the delivery of food, mail, priority documents, or packages/to help delivery people complete their work, as we just described]?"
** Helper robots are self-guided robots which assist a human to deliver mail and other packages.
Values may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.

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