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.

    • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      “Fixing” something means it has to pass inspection. You can slap shit in with duct tape but you’re gonna be out what you paid plus the 4x because your fix was sub par.

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      6 hours ago

      They never let a private citizen repair public infrastructure that they broke, I’m pretty sure paying to fix it means the company is paying the city or transit authority to do the repairs.