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Neither company is giving much detail on the reasons why. From the little they say it appears they both believe the technology will eventually work, but it doesn't seem to be happening "near term" enough.

It's interesting to compare this with middle mile robot delivery. Middle mile refers to trips between two fixed points. A major distribution center and its end retail locations for example. That finally appears to be arriving, with Level 4 vehicles traveling from fixed point to fixed point without safety drivers now a reality.

Who knows how long we may have to wait for true level 5 autonomous robotic driving, but if Amazon & FedEx can't make it work soon with small, slow robots, it seems it will be Level 4 robotic vehicles reshaping transport and logistics first for some time.