Introducing the Serve Developer Portal: Build With Our Robots

Introducing the Serve Developer Portal: Build With Our Robots

What if the next great use for a delivery robot comes from someone who has never built a robot?

Today, we're opening up our autonomous delivery network to make that possible.

With the launch of our new AV Delivery Developer Portal, developers, businesses, and even AI assistants can now build new delivery services using Serve's fleet of autonomous sidewalk robots. Through a public API and testing sandbox, they can develop and test new applications without having to build or operate their own fleet.

Until now, Serve's robots have been available through third-party delivery partners. Now, we're opening up the same network of 2,000 robots that has completed hundreds of thousands of deliveries across more than 150 neighborhoods in 20 U.S. cities. It's infrastructure we've spent years building and operating in real-world communities, and we're making it available for others to build on.

And we believe food delivery is just the beginning. Imagine a local retailer offering on-demand delivery directly to customers, a business moving supplies between locations, or an AI assistant coordinating a real-world delivery. Some of the most interesting applications may come from people who understand their communities' needs but have never built a robot themselves.

That's the opportunity we're opening up: giving more people the tools to turn new ideas into real-world delivery services.

We've designed the developer experience to be straightforward. Using Serve's public API, an application or AI assistant can request a pickup and dropoff, confirm the delivery details, and track the robot until the delivery is complete.

Serve takes care of what happens behind the scenes, including dispatch, routing, navigation, and supervision. That means builders can focus on creating useful services rather than managing the complexities of autonomous robot operations.

The portal also includes a sandbox environment with simulated robots, allowing developers to test the full delivery workflow and explore edge cases before working with a live robot.

The documentation and sandbox are available today. Access to live robots requires Serve approval, and deliveries remain subject to our existing operating standards, including remote monitoring by trained supervisors, built-in safety systems, and limitations on service areas, operating hours, and cargo size.

This launch builds on our recent introduction of Serve Physical AI Services, which opened the technology behind our robots to companies building new kinds of robots. Now, we're taking another step by opening the delivery network itself to people and businesses building new services.

We've always believed robots should make everyday life easier. By giving more people the tools to build with our fleet, we're excited to see what comes next.

Ready to start building? Explore the documentation and developer sandbox at developer.serverobotics.com.