Wednesday, October 8, 2025
The Co-op’s all-singing, all-dancing delivery robots | Letter
Nell Steele recalls escorting a robot across a pedestrian crossing and watching another singing Baby Shark
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.
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