Coco Robots Jam Chicago Sidewalk After 12-Machine Routing Error

2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 19

Roughly a dozen Coco delivery robots clustered on North Clark Street near Lincoln Park, creating a sidewalk bottleneck that quickly went viral after a morning pileup.
Coco said a sidewalk deployment error sent several robots rerouting at once as they left their station, and the company said it cleared the jam within minutes and added safeguards.
The incident sharpened accessibility concerns because a blocked path can be far more serious for people using wheelchairs, walkers or strollers, and for blind pedestrians.
Chicago has already seen pushback against delivery robots through petitions and reported crashes, underscoring how navigation failures could complicate wider sidewalk rollouts even as Coco cites tens of thousands of local trips.