Starship Technologies’ robot delivery vehicles (‘Delivery robots will happen’: Skype co-founder on his fast-growing venture Starship, 4 October) were introduced to Sale, Greater Manchester, by Co-op stores about two years ago. Though their use has dwindled (their size limits them to smallish deliveries), a few still cluster outside each Co-op.
They have a charm of their own, and I feel quite maternal about them. I worry about their safety and have escorted a robot across a pedestrian crossing so that the cars would stop for it.
