Retired Penn professor arrested for blocking Uber Eats delivery robot
IndependentCoast3974 · reddit · 2026-10-18
A retired University of Pennsylvania professor was arrested in Philadelphia for physically blocking an Uber Eats delivery robot operated by Avride, per PhillyVoice.
Photos show the white four-wheeled sidewalk robot with Uber Eats branding and heart-shaped LED eyes parked outside a storefront. The incident highlights growing friction between sidewalk delivery robot deployments and residents who object to them.
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