The robots are on trial as the companies operate under a pilot program that expires in May 2027. Chicago’s City Council would need to take action to allow the robots to stay in Chicago after next ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Windy City residents may be noticing certain food delivery robots rolling down sidewalks all across town. Two companies — Coco and Serve Robotics — have been operating in Chicago under ...

When automated delivery robots begin to collide with public property, questions of responsibility and oversight inevitably follow. Recently, the City of Chicago leveled sharp criticism at Serve and ...

A Block Club reporter and photographer spent a day tailing a Coco delivery robot in Lakeview. It made four food pickups — and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This crash lands amid Chicago’s growing anti-robot uprising. The “No Sidewalk Bots” petition has gathered over 3,600 signatures ...

The naysayers don't like the threat to jobs and consider the robots a sidewalk nuisance, while others don't want to stop technological progress and say the robots actually are safer than alternatives.

Two delivery robots reportedly crashed into bus shelters in Chicago this week, shattering glass panels in separate incidents just days apart. One crash, captured on video Sunday, showed a delivery ...

Two separate delivery robots crashed into CTA bus shelters over the last three days. One of the videos shows a robot trying to move through broken glass after the impact. The footage went viral on ...

People living in Chicago's Lakeview East neighborhood have been at the center of a delivery pilot program, and most of them aren't happy with the robots or in favor of expanding their footprint. At ...

Two recent incidents of food delivery robots smashing into CTA bus shelters days apart happened as Chicagoans continue to ...