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A Starship delivery robot, which are used on campuses across the US, suddenly changed direction and struck a woman crossing the sidewalk.

Rage From the Machine

The company offered *promo codes* as consolation.

Woman Run Down by Delivery Robot on College Campus

In what could possibly be a world first, a pedestrian in Finland's capital Helsinki caught a food delivery robot doing a hit-and-run.

F*** the Police

"Then it lurched back and forth against the side of the car, with the safety flag happily waving."

Delivery Robot Damages Car, Flees Scene of Accident

Oregon State University blasted out an urgent alert warning students of an ongoing "bomb threat" involving Starship food delivery robots.

Do Not Open Robots

"Do not open robots. Avoid all robots until further notice."

University Warns of Bomb Threat Involving Delivery Robots

Two years after selling off its self-driving car business, Uber is rolling out a fleet of delivery robots to replace human Uber Eats drivers in Miami.

Robots Uber Alles

Who needs pesky human drivers anyways?

Uber Deploying Robots to Replace Human Delivery Drivers

British history professor Matthew McCormack made a rather strange discovery during his morning bike ride: a delivery robot seemingly lost in the woods.

Lost Robot

He's just a poor little guy.

Sad Delivery Robot Gets Lost In The Woods

The Chinese tech and e-commerce giant Alibaba is rolling out delivery robots to replace error-prone, smoke-break-taking human couriers.

Hustle Culture

Seems a little rude!

Alibaba Says Delivery Robots Are Great Because They Don't Smoke on the Job

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has told FedEx to get its delivery bots off his city's streets or NYC will "send them packing" itself.

Unwelcome Wagon

"[W]e didn’t grant permission for these to clog up our streets."

NYC Threatens to Seize Any FedEx Delivery Bots on City Streets

Amazon has started to test autonomous delivery robots in Washington State. Meanwhile, lawmakers are struggling to properly regulate the new tech.

Roll Out

"Is it a motor vehicle, is it a pedestrian?"

Lawmakers Don't Know How to Regulate Amazon's Delivery Robots

A pilot study designed to see how guide dogs would react to delivery robots revealed the animals aren't bothered by seeing the bots on the streets.

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