A DRIVERLESS delivery vehicle concept developed by a team of Aberystwyth University students and a former student has received a £10,000 boost after winning InvEnterPrize 2017.

Car-go is the brainchild of students Ariel Ladegaard and Aparajit Narayan, and former student Pasi William Sachiti.

Ariel and Pasi were presented with a cheque for £10,000 by The Apprentice winner Alana Spencer after InvEnterPrize judges backed their concept on Monday, 27 March.

Billed as “perfect for deliveries in residential areas”, Car-go uses a combination of advanced robotics and driverless vehicle technology. Its aim it to significantly reduce “last-mile delivery costs”.

Car-go was one of six finalists to be considered by the 2017 InvEnterPrize panel which consisted of successful Aberystwyth alumni from academia, industry and banking.

Panel chairman Prof Donald Davies, Emeritus Prof in Toxicology at Imperial College London and a founding director of ML Laboratories plc, said: “Car-Go is a very exciting prospect and we wish them every success as they embark on their development journey and start building their prototype.”

Pasi said: “Car-go has the potential to radically change the home delivery market and make a valuable contribution to solving the ’last-mile delivery problem’.

"Our vision is for a robot car that can deliver online orders to people’s homes, possibly within just half an hour of placing the order.”

The winning team were presented with a cheque for £10,000 by Alana Spencer, founder of Ridiculously Rich, whose father had been instrumental in setting up InvEnterPrize.

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