Domino's partners with Nuro to launch autonomous pizza delivery with On-Road Robot

Pizza chain Domino’s has partnered with Nuro, the leading self-driving delivery company, to launch autonomous pizza delivery in Houston.

Beginning this week, select customers who place a prepaid order on dominos.com on certain days and times from Domino's in Woodland Heights, located at 3209 Houston Ave., can choose to have their pizza delivered by Nuro's R2 robot.

Nuro's R2 is the first completely autonomous, occupantless on-road delivery vehicle with a regulatory approval by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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"We're excited to continue innovating the delivery experience for Domino's customers by testing autonomous delivery with Nuro in Houston," said Dennis Maloney, Domino's senior vice president and chief innovation officer by adding that this program will allow them to better understand how customers respond to the deliveries, how they interact with the robot and how it affects store operations.

This collaboration between Domino's and Nuro will introduce an entirely new delivery experience to pizza lovers.

"Nuro's mission is to better everyday life through robotics. Now, for the first time, we're launching real world, autonomous deliveries with R2 and Domino's," said Dave Ferguson, Nuro co-founder and president. "We're excited to introduce our autonomous delivery bots to a select set of Domino's customers in Houston. We can't wait to see what they think."