PHILADELPHIA, Penn. (TNND) — A 78-year-old Pennsylvanian was arrested after blocking the path of an autonomous food delivery robot. Carolyn Marvin, a retired communications professor from the University of Pennsylvania, in an interview with CNN, said she was delaying the paths of robots that were operating on Philadelphia’s streets to protest the use of bots instead of people for tasks.
She was arrested on Oct. 14 in Philadelphia’s Center City after she stepped into the path of one of the robots.
Philadelphia police said officers responded to the 1200 block of Filbert Street near the Reading Terminal Market around 1:16 p.m. after a report of “criminal mischief” involving a delivery robot…