DoorDash has introduced its first autonomous and entirely electric robot for instant delivery, dubbed Dot.

Developed by DoorDash Labs’ in-house team, Dot is designed to seamlessly navigate different-purposed urban streets, including bike lanes, sidewalks, roads, and driveways. 

The company says Dot is one-tenth the size of a car, specifically right-sized for local and fast delivery, while helping to lessen congestion and emissions, as well as resulting in fewer cars on the road and safer streets.

“You don’t always need a full-sized car to deliver a tube of toothpaste or a pack of diapers. That’s the insight behind Dot,” said Stanley Tang, co-founder and head of DoorDash Labs.

“It is small enough to navigate doorways and driveways, fast enough to maintain food quality, and smart enough to optimize the best routes for delivery.”

Kicking off with the early access program in Arizona, the delivery robot has integrated merchant operations while offering what DoorDash describes as “secure, agile item handoffs”.

“Every design decision, from its compact size to its speed to the sensor suite, came from analyzing billions of deliveries on our global platform and understanding what actually moves the needle for merchants and consumers.”

“With more than 10 billion deliveries under our belt, we’ve learned what works, what doesn’t, and what scales,” said Ashu Rege, DoorDash Labs’ VP and head of autonomy.

Earlier, McDonald’s teamed with DoorDash for the first off-app delivery option.