Autonomous delivery startup Starship Technologies announced today it had raised $90mn on its mission to “make science fiction a reality” and roll out its self-driving robots across streets in Europe and the US.  There are sci-fi scenarios where robots turn on their makers, hunt them down, and initiate either the enslavement or the extinction of humanity. Then there are the R2-D2s and the BB8s of the genre — resourceful droid helpers that somehow manage to tug on our heartstrings nearly as much as a Pixar puppy. While perhaps not quite as empathy-inducing, Starship Technologies’ delivery robots are decidedly more reminiscent…

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