Multimodal Delivery Demonstration Project

With the help of a $780,182 U.S. Department of Energy grant, the City of Arlington conducted an innovative pilot program to test the use of autonomous, electric delivery vehicles to deliver groceries to Arlington residents. Arlington partnered with Tarrant Area Food Bank, the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG), Dallas-Fort Worth Clean Cities Coalition (hosted at the NCTCOG), Airspace Link, Aerialoop, Clevon, and Mozee to implement the Multimodal Delivery Project from 2023 to 2025. The demonstration project successfully and safely delivered over 300 grocery packages using electric air and ground robots. Lessons learned from this project will be used to inform future autonomous delivery services in Arlington.

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Clevon ground robot traveling on a roadway.
Grocery items that may be delivered as part of this project.
Aerialoop pilot monitoring air robot takeoff in a field.
Two people retrieving grocery delivery from the Clevon ground robot in front of a house.
Close up of a person retrieving a grocery delivery box from the Clevon ground robot.
Two people loading grocery delivery boxes into the Clevon ground robot cargo bays.
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