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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Fran Spielman

Robot food delivery pilot program gets green light from City Council committee

Delivery robots lined up on the UIC campus on Thursday. The company that operates the robots, Starship, has a fleet of 20 of the vehicles, and will add 10 if the Chicago City Council allows a two-year test of the robots in a larger area on the Near West Side that includes the campus. (Brian Rich/Sun-Times)

Robotic personal delivery devices described as “beverage coolers on wheels” will soon be delivering more restaurant meals and groceries in and around the campus of the University of Illinois Chicago.

Forging headfirst into the future of food delivery, the Chicago City Council’s Committee on License and Consumer Protection on Thursday approved an ordinance championed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot expanding a year-old, pandemic-inspired pilot that had been confined to just a portion of the UIC campus.

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