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Delivery robots keep crashing into bus shelters (www.popsci.com)
submitted 1 day ago by new_otters_raft@piefed.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] wuffah@lemmy.world 91 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

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.world 23 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

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.xyz 5 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Nah the second option. You know they'd fix it shitty.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 6 points 17 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.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2 points 16 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.

[–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 26 points 21 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.