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Sidewalk robots are set to help some of their airborne counterparts with deliveries in Dallas under an agreement between key players in the industry.

Serve Robotics, which develops automated four-wheeled machines, unveiled a pilot partnership to work with Wing, a drone delivery company, to help improve the efficiency of transporting orders, according to statement. The effort, which marks Serve's entry into Texas, is set to arrive in the coming months.

The partnership is addressing a challenge for some deliveries: getting the orders to a place where drones can launch. The flying devices need space at pick-up areas, which can be challenging in crowded urban settings, while sidewalk robots are built to navigate city streets, even as the range can be limited.

Under the new arrangement, Serve delivery robots will take restaurant orders curbside and deliver them to a drone "Autoloader" to transfer the meals. From there, the package will then be aerial delivered to customers up to six miles away.

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