Overview
- Glendale’s mayor is pushing for a moratorium so the city can review sidewalk safety, wheelchair ramp access, and effects on delivery workers.
- Serve Robotics has deployed more than 500 delivery robots across 40 Los Angeles neighborhoods and has expanded into six U.S. metro areas.
- In Glendale, the company reports deliveries from over 170 restaurants and more than 17,000 trips with a stated success rate above 99 percent.
- Serve says its latest Gen-3 robots run mostly on their own using Nvidia chips, with remote staff stepping in when a bot gets stuck or is attacked.
- Rules vary widely, as Chicago halted expansion while more than 20 states allow sidewalk robots, creating a patchwork that could shape where the fleet grows next.