New mail-delivering technology being co-developed in Brooklyn is aiming to change how mail and packages are delivered.

Ottonomy, which has offices in Brooklyn, introduced the autonomous robot along with Arrive, the Indianapolis-based company, and their digital-secured mailbox. Both of the devices are still in the prototype stage, but they have already been deployed across the nation in commercial and residential facilities.

The collaborators say they want to show how the mail delivering process can be streamlined effectively, safely and securely.

INDIANAPOLIS, June 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Arrive, the smart mailbox company formerly known as Dronedek, today announced that it has secured the ticker symbol "ARRV" as it plans a public offering and listing on the Nasdaq.

While there are a number of firms working on drone delivery, far fewer are thinking about exactly where those drones will land, and what happens to the food or package it’s carrying after touchdown. That’s where Arrive fits in. It’s putting that capital to work to build out “mailboxes as a service” - allowing the seamless movement of goods and supplies between people, robots, and drones.

INDIANAPOLIS – May 22, 2023 – Arrive Names Oracle its “Supplier of the Year”

Financing is generally thought to be the biggest challenge because it takes a lot of money to convert an idea into a viable product or service. But proper staffing and vendor partners are just as critical because no one can do it all. And if you don’t have the right people and support in place, you’re just a guy with an idea talking to the wind.

Arrive doesn’t have that issue, in part because of its core team, but also because it relies on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

INDIANAPOLIS – May 22, 2023 – Arrive today announced that Todd Pepmeier has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer.

Pepmeier’s extensive background includes executive leadership roles in finance and operations across automotive, aerospace, healthcare and information technology sectors. He has held executive positions in manufacturing, sales, product development, engineering and consulting services at Agilify Automation, Kinney Group, Ascension Health, Rolls-Royce and the Ford Motor Company.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Arrive, known for its advanced smart Mailbox-as-a-Service (MaaS) solutions platform and infrastructure for Autonomous Delivery Networks (ADNs), and HEI Integrated Systems, a pioneer in versatile and integrated infrastructure technology, have joined forces to propel the development of "smart anywhere" solutions that can adapt to diverse environments anywhere in the world.

The Indianapolis-based tech startup formerly known as Dronedek Corp. has rebranded itself as Arrive and says it hopes to begin generating revenue from its patented smart mailboxes by the end of this year.

Arrive officially unveiled its new branding this week at the Xponential 2023 trade show in Denver. Xponential is an annual event for those working in robotics and autonomous technology.

Package theft is a worldwide issue. It is estimated that more than 210 million packages were stolen from porches in the United States alone. Package losses totaled more than $2.4 billion USD.

Dronedek has created a platform to solve this problem. The platform consists of smart enclosures, drones, integration-to-delivery services, and a lightweight messaging protocol for remote devices with MQ Telemetry Transport (MQTT) hosted on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Today, packages are dropped onto doorsteps, into mailboxes with no security, or left with an authorized person aged 18 or older. There is no verification that a package actually reaches the person for whom it is intended, which leads to package theft and mishandled packages, all at the expense of the package originator. The Dronedek platform ensures that packages arrive safe in the last mile.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Dronedek, the pioneer of smart Mailbox-as-a-Service (MaaS) solutions for autonomous delivery networks (ADNs), has rebranded to Arrive and will reveal its new look, along with a second-generation smart mailbox and new service models at XPONENTIAL 2023 in Denver May 8-11.