Call it “Battle of the Bots.”
Beginning Sept. 30, the flamingo-pink food delivery robots you may have seen rolling along city sidewalks are set to get some competition.
Los Angeles-based Serve Robotics plans to roll out “dozens” of its own robots, less than a year after Coco Robotics began a pilot program here in the 27th and 34th wards.
Logan Doub, Coco’s general manager, told the Chicago Sun-Times this week that he welcomes a new player in town and says there is enough business for more than one company.
“Absolutely — demand for delivery in Chicago is strong and growing,” Doub said in an email. “With thousands of deliveries across the city every week, and more restaurants and neighborhoods coming online, there’s plenty of business for multiple players. Our focus remains on providing