It's been a bad week for burritos on wheels.

Food delivery robots are struggling to steer clear of Chicago’s bus stop shelters. Within just 48 hours, two autonomous couriers from different companies veered off course and collided with shelters shattering glass and alarming nearby residents. These pair of dramatic incidents come amidst brewing tension among community members and lawmakers in Chicago who oppose the robots’ presence. The crashes also come just weeks after one of the manufacturers announced it was integrating a new mapping system trained on “Pokémon Go” data which is designed to improve navigation accuracy.

  • wuffah@lemmy.worldEnglish
    54·
    7 hours ago

    They get to abuse public infrastructure to build their stupid little robots tax free, and we get to pay for the repairs with our tax dollars.

    Privatize the gains, socialize the losses.

    • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 hours ago

      Require them to fix AND pay a fine, or let the city fix it and pay 4x the cost AND still pay the fine. Shit will stop happening quick.

    • nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      11·
      3 hours ago

      Seems they’re covering it for now, but it’s anyone’s guess how long the conscientious PR approach will last.

      Hansen adds that the company quickly dispatched a team to retrieve the robot and clean up the area. Coco has also launched an internal investigation to determine what caused the robot’s error. In the meantime, it says it’s taking responsibility for the cost of repairing the wrecked shelter.