Robot Reverses, Hits Pedestrian

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Starship Technologies

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You might get offered promo codes if one of these delivery robots runs into you

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Starship Technologies' autonomous food delivery robot tripped up a school employee at Arizona State University last September .

When contacted by the police, an employee asked for the person’s info to share insurance info and to offer a few promo codes.

Starship Technologies began its first robot delivery trials in Europe in 2016 , and by 2021 , the company had completed 1.5 million deliveries and operated on 20 campuses.

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