TU-Automotive has announced that the world’s first autonomous land based delivery drone will be coming to this year’s Connected Fleets Europe Conference & Exhibition (Amsterdam, 19^th-20^thApril).

The brainchild from the co-founders of Skype, Starship represents the latest incarnation of the delivery vehicle. The company’s COO, Allan Martinson, will be taking to the stage at this years Connected Fleets Europe Conference & Exhibition this April to address how autonomous drones will fit into the future fleet ecosystem.

“Starship has developed a unique autonomous six-wheeled device that rolls on the sidewalks, is capable of navigation with 1-inch precision and behaves in most aspects as another pedestrian” said Allan Martinson, COO at Starship Technologies.

He went on to say “the delivery robots can open a whole spectrum of new business models, from the explosion of the rental economy, more efficient food delivery and the roll out of e-groceries and much more besides”.

Jamie Muir, project director at TU-Automotive commented that “the inclusion of Starship Technologies in this years Connected Fleets Europe agenda highlights the changing dynamic of the fleet industry. We look forward to seeing this latest technological innovation in action in Amsterdam this April”.

Joining Starship Technologies on the speaker line-up will be experts from Daimler, IBM, Arval, Continental and Hertz amongst 20+ others. See the full agenda and speaker line-up on the website:http://www.tu-auto.com/<wbr></wbr>fleeteurope/

Topics include:

· The Data Challenge: Understand developments in advanced mining, analytical and integration techniques

· The Industry is Moving: Map out the changing state of the European and global industry.

· Rental, Leasing & LCVs: Explore the connectivity needs of the biggest growth sectors in the fleet industry.

· The Future of Deliveries: Understand how innovations in delivery tech. will integrate with the future fleet

· ADAS to Autonomy: Assess the impact of ADAS systems on the journey to the autonomous fleet vehicle

A €200 discount is available till the end of the week, Friday 26^th February. Register on the website:http://www.tu-auto.com/<wbr></wbr>fleeteurope/register.php

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