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Sunday, March 07, 2021

Sidewalk Robots Get Rights

Coming changes in urban and suburban views.

Sidewalk robots get legal rights as "pedestrians"   By Jennifer A. Kingson in Axios

As small robots proliferate on sidewalks and city streets, so does legislation that grants them generous access rights and even classifies them, in the case of Pennsylvania, as "pedestrians."

Why it matters: Fears of a dystopian urban world where people dodge heavy, fast-moving droids are colliding with the aims of robot developers large and small — including Amazon and FedEx — to deploy delivery fleets. ... ' 

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