Two Delivery Robots From Two Different Companies Smashed Through Bus Shelter Glass on Chicago Sidewalks Within Days of Each Other

Coco robot plowed through a CTA bus shelter at North Ave and Larrabee in Old Town around 4 PM on a Tuesday. Glass everywhere. Days earlier, a Serve Robotics robot did the same thing to a bus shelter on Grand Ave in West Town. Different companies. Different neighborhoods. Same failure. Both companies called it "rare" and "isolated." Neither explained what went wrong. Coco said it was the first time in "more than 1 million miles of deliveries." Serve said they "take this matter very seriously." No injuries reported. Just shattered glass all over public sidewalks where people walk. Chicago's robot delivery pilot program was approved in 2022 under Lightfoot. Nobody asked what happens when two of them start smashing public infrastructure in the same week.