[devin-2030]

The argument of proponents used to be that it removes a lot of large vehicles off the street for small local deliveries… yes and onto the sidewalk. Makes no sense.

[rcxdude]

The density can go up quite a bit when you don't have a car needing to haul itself around.

[danny_codes]

Or we could build walkable cities so people can, you know, just walk to the restaurant.

[krater23]

Why car? In our city the delivery guys are using tuned e-bikes.

[Grombobulous]

I don’t think there are proponents, just corporations with capital looking for a new way to extract and concentrate wealth away from individuals. The fact that it’s a robot on the sidewalk is an implementation detail.