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Autonomous Mail Delivery Robot Swarm MailBot Covers All 23 Tokyo Wards: 150,000 Packages Delivered Daily

Japan Post and robotics company RoboDelivery's MailBot delivery robot swarm achieves full coverage across Tokyo's 23 wards, 800 robots delivering 150,000 packages daily at 97% success rate, reducing last-mile costs by 70%

Japan Post and robotics company RoboDelivery jointly announced on March 19 that the MailBot autonomous delivery robot swarm has achieved full operational coverage across Tokyo's 23 special wards.

The MailBot fleet currently operates 800 robots simultaneously. Each robot carries 20 standard-sized packages with a 30km range and 6km/h maximum speed. Robots travel on sidewalks and bicycle paths, automatically avoiding pedestrians and obstacles.

Operational data shows MailBot delivers 150,000 packages daily with a 97% delivery success rate (the remaining 3% transfer to human delivery due to recipient absence or address issues). Last-mile per-package delivery costs dropped from 350 yen (human delivery) to 100 yen—a 70% reduction.

Japan Post President Yasuyuki Suzuki stated: "MailBot solves Japan Post's biggest challenge—the delivery workforce shortage caused by declining birthrates and aging population." RoboDelivery plans to expand MailBot to Osaka and Nagoya in 2031.