Starship Technologies is redeploying 1,200 delivery robots from U.S. college campuses to grocery delivery, but crowded city sidewalks pose new challenges.

Peyton Perry heard a rumor that delivery robots would be coming to campus when she was a student at Fairfield University. Soon after, she saw her first robot at a campus Starbucks. She ordered food ...

For years, drone delivery has been sold as the future of last-mile logistics. Parcels flying over traffic, hot food arriving in minutes, medicines crossing rural areas without a van on the road. It ...

Ripple effect: The proliferation of sidewalk robots reflects the broader challenge of integrating automation into everyday life. Supporters argue that the technology addresses concerns related to cost ...

Courtney doesn’t have eyes, but it’s got sensors everywhere. There are two blinking lights on the front of its boxy body to approximate wide, moony pupils. It’s been described as a “large cooler on ...

A hot new job has emerged in Los Angeles: robot wrangler to help delivery bots navigate the real world. The robots get stuck in potholes, can’t reach doorbells and are sometimes abused by humans. As ...

Philadelphia residents have been sharing sidewalks with robot delivery drivers for about a month, and they’re not thrilled with the change. Uber Eats held a demo March 10 showing off Avride autonomous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They may have seemed cute when they debuted, but delivery robots are clogging sidewalks, creeping through intersections and ...

Pudu Robotics plans to open a full-scenario robot hotel in Shenzhen by 2027, with robot check-in and autonomous delivery trials starting late 2026.

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