Retired professor arrested for blocking a Philadelphia delivery robot
Original title: Retired professor arrested for blocking delivery robot. Will do it again
Carolyn Marvin, 78, says she will keep delaying Uber Eats sidewalk robots for about 15 minutes as protest.
Philadelphia police arrested Carolyn Marvin, a 78-year-old retired University of Pennsylvania communications professor, on October 14 after she stood in front of an autonomous delivery robot. She says she has repeatedly delayed the machines for 10 to 15 minutes and will do it again. Uber Eats launched robot deliveries in the city in March. Marvin frames the act as protest over worker displacement, sidewalk hazards, cameras, and public-space rights.
- Uber Eats launched robot meal delivery in Philadelphia in March, its fourth city.
- Marvin says the only harm is a lunch delayed by about 15 minutes at most.
- She cites worker displacement, sidewalk hazards, and the robots' embedded cameras.
- She says she was arrested on October 14 and will block robots again.
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