On her smartphone map, she watched the tiny dot scurrying toward her Fort Lauderdale address in real time. Then her phone ...

Robotic food delivery carts are now a familiar sight on the streets of Chicago. But not everyone has rolled out the welcome ...

Robots are carting fried chicken through Chicago streets. Drones are parachuting Panera strawberry lemonade down to homes in Charlotte, N.C. AI-powered scales at fast-food restaurants are making sure ...

Coco and Serve Robotics have been operating food delivery robots in Chicago since late 2024, with 83% of residents in the 1st Ward opposing further expansion of the program due to concerns about speed ...

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 Parisian restaurant once promised a pizza experience unlike any other. Order your pizza and, within five minutes, a robot would craft your pie from scratch, no human hands required. This was the ...

Six-wheeled delivery robots weaving through Atlanta sidewalks have been turning heads and going viral, but they're not lost. They're part of a growing wave of autonomous delivery robots now making ...

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Some Chicago residents are fighting back against the deployment of robot delivery couriers. A petition started by a Lincoln ...

The robots, also being considered for Vancouver and Surrey, follow the sidewalks from restaurants to their hungry customers ...

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