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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Stefano Esposito

Can UIC’s food delivery robots survive a Chicago winter?

Starship food delivery robots are parked outside the University of Illinois Chicago Student Center East as they wait for orders recently. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

The Starship delivery robots currently traversing the University of Illinois Chicago campus are made by an Estonia-based company and are currently operating in six countries and, in the United States, on 25 college campuses, according to the company.

They have an unlimited geographical range, but deliveries are typically made in a 2-to-3-mile radius.

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