Chicago sidewalks are host to delivery robots from two companies, and hundreds of residents are so opposed, they’ve signed a petition to stop them.
The city program, announced in 2022, lets the robot companies partner with grocery stores and restaurants to make deliveries near those establishments, the officer of former Mayor Lori Lightfoot said in a release at the time.
Some residents, however, say the robots clutter walking spaces and pose a safety risk. A petition calling for “no sidewalk bots” had over 700 signatures as of Tuesday…