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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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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 68 points 1 day ago (3 children)

How fucking hard is it to put a $2 ultrasonic distance sensor on the front. I built robots when I was a kid that wouldn't do this.

This has been solved for 50 years FFS. Yet here we are with techbros thinking cameras can solve everything.

[–] C4551E@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

($2 * number of robots * labor cost to install one * labor cost to update and integrate) > (cost of settling potential lawsuit)

publicly traded companies are actually super predictable

[–] dansemacabreingalone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Flip your local bots. Or harvest them for parts aand free snacks, if youre extra cool.

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 22 hours ago

That 2$ is subject to cost cutting

[–] DrunkenPirate@feddit.org 10 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Good point. I wonder what will happen when those robots drive towards a mirror.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 4 points 16 hours ago

Yeah, they're a bit territorial, so that would be something to see!