29 December 2020, 2:05 pm EST By Due to the pandemic this 2020, services are trying to find ways to limit human to human contact to provide safety for their customers and employees, so it wasn't surprising when shops began delivering almost anything from food to necessities right at their customer's doorsteps. Nevertheless, Panasonic wanted to take things a step further with a self-driving robot to do deliveries. Trials at Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town (Photo : Panasonic) The autonomous delivery vehicle is being tested in the Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town in Japan. According to the Japan Times, the company has announced on Monday, December 28, that trials for the self-driving delivery robot will start in February at a residential area in the Kanagawa Prefecture.