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FedEx Office president and CEO on autonomous robotic delivery 8/9/22

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Technology, Business, Cnbc, Faang, Investing, Disruptors, Management, Tech

4.566 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

CNBC’s Frank Holland chats with FedEx Office president and CEO Brian Philips to dive into the future of AI-powered robotic delivery. They discuss the latest on FedEx's autonomous delivery system, Roxo, and how they're using the SameDay bot to test last-mile deliveries and continue innovating its technology for real-world operation. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

World. Unforgettable travel experiences at get your eye.com.

0:23.6

Oh, hey everybody. I think we're actually live right now. Brian, I got to apologize.

0:27.6

I had some spam pop up on my hand. That's not your problem.

0:30.6

Welcome to the Tech Check Plus live stream. We're talking about next generation e-commerce.

0:34.6

We're joined by the CEO of FedEx office, Brian Phillips. Brian,

0:38.8

thanks so much for joining us and sorry about that crackle. I'm not quite sure where that's coming from. It's all right. Thank you, Frank, for having me. I'm excited to be here. I appreciate your interest in FedEx and in the Roxo project. Awesome. So you kind of already tipped our hand. That's what we're talking about right now.

0:54.5

Uh-oh.

0:55.3

I think this is on, this is me, not muting everyone. Awesome. So you kind of already tipped our hand. That's what we're talking about right now.

0:54.2

Uh-oh. I think this is on this is me not muting everything on my hand for. I apologize.

1:00.3

First time doing this. But anyway, we're going to talk to you about something and I'm sure

1:04.0

you're going to be way better at doing this talking about this and I am this live stream.

1:07.4

Next generation, e-commerce. We're talking about FedEx's roxo robot for delivery

1:13.3

first off i want to ask you um if you had to describe it to someone who's never seen it i've

1:17.2

seen it and we're going to try to get the video up not sure if we can but you have described

1:20.9

to someone who's never seen it how would you describe roxo well it is game-changing technology

1:26.4

it's about 450 pounds.

1:28.3

It sits about four, four and a half feet high.

1:31.3

And it is a delivery device that allows us to connect retailers to their consumers in a very friendly economic and low-carbon footprint way. So a brand new solution. We're continuing to work on it to

1:48.8

bring it to market, but we're excited about where we stand and where we go next.

1:53.5

All right. So Roxy, for those who haven't seen it, you can look online and see pictures of it.

1:57.5

It's built on an electric wheelchair base. So it's kind of rough and tumble. It can go upstairs and things like that. Based on the pictures, I'd say it's about three feet, maybe two and a half feet high. It's, you know, about as wide as about maybe three feet wide. I've never seen one in person, but I've certainly seen the pictures and the videos. And it has a lot of different applications, as you mentioned, for retailer. So what would be with the best use case or the use case that you're using it for right now,

2:23.3

and where are you testing it in urban, suburban, rural areas, kind of give us a sense of what's going on with it at the moment?

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