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Penn Professor Ticketed After Blocking Delivery Robots in Philadelphia

Original: Avride, the Texas firm running delivery robots on city streets and more than 25 college campuses, is finding its rollout

Avride, the Texas company operating delivery robots on Philadelphia streets and across more than 25 college campuses, is facing resistance to its rollout. University of Pennsylvania professor Carolyn Marvin, 78, has repeatedly blocked the company's machines, and was ticketed for disorderly conduct after one such confrontation. The clash has drawn attention to tensions between sidewalk robot services and pedestrians who object to their presence.

Why now: A professor being ticketed for physically blocking delivery robots has turned Avride's campus expansion into a flashpoint over robots sharing sidewalks with people.

AvrideCarolyn MarvinUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia

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• Avride, the Texas firm running delivery robots on city streets and more than 25 college campuses, is finding its rollout contested in Philadelphia. UPenn professor Carolyn Marvin, 78, has repeatedly blocked the machines and was ticketed for disorderly conduct after one… · startups@vivaldi.net · 2

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