Robot.com Signs Seven-Year Sodexo Delivery Deal

On August 20, 2026, Robot.com announced a seven-year commercial agreement with Sodexo to expand autonomous delivery services across North American college campuses. This contract represents the company's largest single enterprise deployment and extends a partnership that began in 2021. Under the new agreement, Sodexo will continue using Robot.com's R-kiwi sidewalk robots, which feature Level 4 autonomy, a 12-hour battery life, and a 19-liter cargo compartment. For the first time, the partnership will also incorporate R-ads, a mobile out-of-home advertising layer that allows brands to remotely upload campaigns to screens mounted on the robots.

The relationship between the two companies dates back to when Robot.com operated as Kiwibot, prior to its October 2025 rebranding. In February 2022, Sodexo participated in Kiwibot's $7.5 million pre-Series A funding round alongside Headline, UC Berkeley SkyDeck Fund, New Future Capital, Innosphere Ventures Fund, and Tylt Ventures. That same year, Sodexo expanded its contract to deploy over 1,200 robots across 50 US campuses, up from 200 robots on 10 campuses. Today, Robot.com has completed over 2.5 million tasks with more than 500 robots deployed across the United States, Canada, Dubai, and the MENA region.

For robotics practitioners and campus operators, this long-term commitment provides a stable, multi-year testing ground for scaling autonomous systems in complex pedestrian environments. The deal also serves as a launchpad for Robot.com's expanding portfolio, which includes the R-cargo warehouse robot, the R-noid humanoid kitchen assistant, and the R-dog quadruped. R-dog, designed to navigate stairs and curbs, runs on the REMI fleet management layer and is being developed with FieldAI using Field Foundation Models for a scheduled 2027 commercial release. By integrating advertising revenue with autonomous logistics, the deal demonstrates a viable dual-engine business model that could offset the high capital expenditures traditionally associated with last-mile robotic deployments.