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Heather: what china has been accused of doing and about called out ford. let's talk about amazon. robots, self driving robots. >> reporter: self driving delivery robots expanding to another city in irvine, california after amazon started using this in a suburb of seattle earlier this year. that is scout, a small little robot about the size of a small cooler. you may see scout in your neighborhood delivering packages. scout does have the. go around people to make sure it doesn't run into anybody or any trash cans but this is something they are testing as they tried to move toward their own deli...

And faster. they're experimenting with drones, drivers and self-driving robots. >> it's the most expensive because there's a huge van that is starting and stopping and the driver is getting on and off and knocking on doors. that takes time, and that's something that the driver needs to do for every person. >> home grocery cldelivery services are convenient but they're not always cheap. amazon's membership costs $300 a year. one of skype's founders believes he can bring the costs down with self-driving robots. ♪ >> reporter: what does it have in it different than the cart? >> the cart doesn't...

Commercial industry. >> i can see you're excited. a christmas present for you. >> there you go. another piece of technology that could change the way we shop for groceries. the man behind skype pushing a plan to use robots to bring down the cost of home grocery delivery. cnn's business correspondent samuel burke and he checked out how it works. >> reporter: the last mile of delivery is most expensive. so companies around the world are working to make that final stretch more efficient, faster. they're experimenting with drones, drivers and now, pardon me, self-driving robots. >> the most expe...

Amaz amazon's membership cost $300 a year. one of skype's founders believes he can bring costs down with self-driving robots. ♪ what does it have in it different from the cart i use to get my groceries. >> the cart doesn't have nine cameras, but our robot does. and it's six-wheel drive, it has electric motors and various other sensors. the robot is observing pedestrians, navigating on the sidewalk, and needs to be aware of its surrounding. >> reporter: how does it get from the warehouse to the person's house? are you using google maps. >> we are doing our own mapping actually, because the ma...