Delivery Robot Companies in Trouble as Bots Become Targets for Vandalism

Delivery robots have been repeatedly vandalized in multiple US and UK cities.

Kiwibot reported about 1,600 vandalism incidents in its first 80,000 campus deliveries.

Starship said two Uber Eats robots in Sheffield were spray-painted and the company reported the damage to police.

Other reported incidents include robots being kicked, smeared with feces, or tossed into bushes in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Leeds.