Domino’s have joined the Artificial Intelligence (AI) bandwagon by announcing plans to replace their pizza delivery drivers with robots. The pizza company revealed their idea for “delivery-person-free-future” on their website, saying: “Imagine a world in which your pizza is delivered by a driverless vehicle. A world in which you collect your piping hot Pepperoni Pizza and Garlic Bread from the compartment of a four wheeled robot named DRU. It might not be as far off as you first thought…” Popsci.com reports: While it’s clearly not quite there yet, Domino’s has been working on removing the humans from its pizza buying experience for a while. In 2014, the company announced its “virtual ordering assistant” DOM, which lets you talk to a dad-joke-telling digital voice on the phone to order your pie. And in 2015, Domino’s Easy Order made it possible for hungry customers to order by tweeting a pizza emoji. That brings us to DRU, Domino’s Robotic Unit. This month, the company tested out the delivery bot in Australia on small restricted paths. According to Lifehacker Australia, DRU can travel at a little more than 12 miles per hour, so it’s not suited for the highway. DRU was developed by Marathon [...]