DPD has become the first UK parcel delivery company to deploy Ottonomy’s multi-compartment, fully autonomous ‘Locker’ robot, Ottobot. Larger than DPD’s existing autonomous delivery robots, Ottobot has a maximum payload of 70kg, eight separate compartments that can carry parcels of varying sizes, and can also facilitate collections. Does the concept have potential? If so, where could these robots be deployed in the future? Marek Rozycki and Gary Winter discuss.