Contactless delivery robots may soon hit a sidewalk near you

Nico Larco weighs in on factors that contribute to the slow pace of the autonomous delivery industry in this article by Rob Pegoraro of Fast Company.

"“Many areas still don’t have ramps or have large cracks in sidewalks,” said Nico Larco, director of the University of Oregon’s Urbanism Next Center. He also said it’s not obvious whether delivery robots should take the sidewalk, the bike lane, or the traffic lane."