Continental has arrived at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show to explore how a self-driving shuttle could be used in order to deploy delivery robots, which in turn can bring packages directly to consumers. The shuttle is called the Continental Urban Mobility Experience (CUbE) and it’s meant for a market in which the need to transport goods will outpace the growing need for people transport in densely populated areas.

According to Continental, goods and parcel delivery to residential areas is a growing market, which means that delivery cost per hour is becoming an even more important metric. The company is therefore viewing goods delivery as an integral part of future urban mobility, which is why the CUbE can carry multiple delivery robots, to be deployed for the last yards of the goods and parcel delivery logistics chain.


In the end, considering how many deliveries are made during daytime, when most people are at work or school, having an autonomous shuttle team up with delivery robots during off-peak hours could be a very efficient solution.