German automotive company Continental wants to use a system of autonomous vans packed with dog-like four-legged robots to deliver packages.
The company revealed its vision for the future of goods and parcel delivery this week at tech show CES in Las Vegas, where it held a press conference with a prototype of one of the robots on stage.
The concept is based around Continental's driverless electric vehicle, the Continental Urban Mobility Experience (CUbE), a minibus-sized pod whose interior can be reconfigured to suit different functions. The company has paired the vehicle with delivery robots ? also autonomous and electric ? to enable the system to handle the "last yards" of the parcel delivery chain.

CES continues in Las Vegas until January 11. Among the other innovations unveiled at this year's event is LG's new roll-up OLED TV and five designs in the running for US$1 million in funding from Toyota's Mobility Unlimited Challenge.
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