We are excited to announce a strategic partnership with Evri, the UK’s largest dedicated parcel delivery company, delivering more than 800 million parcels a year. Through this collaboration, Evri will deploy RIVR’s cutting-edge wheeled-legged robot for last-100-yard parcel deliveries, beginning in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.
The partnership addresses a critical challenge in modern logistics: the last-100-yard bottleneck. Currently, delivery drivers can spend the majority of their time navigating short distances from their vans to customers' front doors, often managing multiple nearby drop-offs. RIVR’s autonomous robotic companion is designed to streamline this process by handling these final steps, allowing drivers to focus on more complex tasks, boosting throughput and enabling the first scalable solution for the last-100-yard bottleneck.
"With the exponential rise in e-commerce, optimizing last-mile logistics is more important than ever. Our partnership with Evri is a major step toward reimagining parcel delivery with robotics, enabling faster, more cost-effective, and driver-friendly solutions."
- Marko Bjelonic, CEO of RIVR
By integrating RIVR’s robot into its operations, Evri aims to make last-mile delivery more efficient and less physically demanding for drivers. The robot reduces the need for repetitive short-distance walking, alleviating driver fatigue while increasing parcel throughput and efficiency. This solution allows drivers more time to optimise package organization for upcoming deliveries and customer interactions.
"With the exponential rise in e-commerce, optimizing last-mile logistics is more important than ever," said Marko Bjelonic, CEO of RIVR. «Our partnership with Evri is a major step toward reimagining parcel delivery with robotics, enabling faster, more cost-effective, and driver-friendly solutions."
Evri partners with leading retailers, marketplaces, and pre-loved platforms across Europe. The company is committed to pioneering sustainable and convenient delivery solutions, making RIVR’s robotic technology a natural fit for its innovation roadmap.
"As we continue to push boundaries in delivery logistics, we’re excited to explore how RIVR’s robotic solution can enhance our operations," said Evri Chief Technology Officer, Marcus Hunter. “We believe this technology will redefine last-yard delivery, providing a better experience for both drivers and customers."
RIVR is pioneering the future of last-mile delivery with its wheeled-leg robots powered by Physical AI, giving 1 human the power of 1000 robots. RIVR enhances efficiency, sustainability, and scalability in last-mile and last-100-yard delivery—the catalyst for 1M+ robots that unlock a data flywheel for General Physical AI. Founded in 2024 by robotics experts from ETH Zürich, RIVR has been at the forefront of AI-driven robotics. Their innovations have gained global recognition, gaining significant media attention with more than 100M views. RIVR is backed by investors such as Jeff Bezos and HSG.
Evri is the UK’s biggest dedicated parcel delivery company, delivering more than 800 million parcels a year. The company has a mission to be the most convenient way to send, receive and return parcels, without costing the earth. Evri works with most of Europe’s top retailers, marketplaces and pre-loved sites. The roots of Evri can be traced back to Yorkshire in 1974 but the business has grown over the decades and now has a team of 8,000+ employees, 2,000+ couriers, 10,000+ out of home locations and a growing network of state-of-the-art hubs and depots. Evri has more than 3 million independent 5-star Trustpilot reviews, on-time delivery rates which are amongst the highest in the industry, an average courier rating of 4.7/5, and a commitment to provide an answer for everyone following a significant investment in customer experience.
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