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Re:The pandemic is bringing us closer to our robot takeout f... by gorgoiler on Sunday April 26, 2020 @04:47AM (#22985643)
I guess latency isn’t an issue when you have bandwidth / throughput to make up for it? Not for kebabs though (pleases to see that as one of the trial businesses in MK, hah!)

Overnight silent electric delivery with custom delivery machines has historical precedent of course:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_float

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Re:The pandemic is bringing us closer to our robot takeout f... by amelius on Sunday April 26, 2020 @04:52AM (#22985660)
For customers, latency matters a lot.
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Re:The pandemic is bringing us closer to our robot takeout f... by Retric on Sunday April 26, 2020 @10:29AM (#22987388)
Being able to skip a delivery driver tip is a significant incentive.
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Re:The pandemic is bringing us closer to our robot takeout f... by popotamonga on Sunday April 26, 2020 @08:33AM (#22986684)
would they not be just vandalised?
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Re:The pandemic is bringing us closer to our robot takeout f... by trebligdivad on Sunday April 26, 2020 @09:00AM (#22986833)
Depends where; the subscription bicycles have worked in a lot of places; but here (Manchester) a lot ended up in the canal. Probably the same.
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Re:The pandemic is bringing us closer to our robot takeout f... by tehlike on Sunday April 26, 2020 @10:07AM (#22987232)
Maybe initially. Eventually, no. We don't destroy other people's cars for the most part.
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Re:The pandemic is bringing us closer to our robot takeout f... by vageli on Sunday April 26, 2020 @10:35AM (#22987428)
> Maybe initially. Eventually, no. We don't destroy other people's cars for the most part.

I recall as a kid seeing so many more trucks vandalized with graffiti than nowadays.

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Re:The pandemic is bringing us closer to our robot takeout f... by tehlike on Sunday April 26, 2020 @02:56PM (#22989258)
Part of that is probably racism, etc is going down, it's becoming more normal to be different. Maybe?
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Re:The pandemic is bringing us closer to our robot takeout f... by amelius on Sunday April 26, 2020 @09:25AM (#22986976)
Maybe these rovers have cameras that can record the vandals for later identification.
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Re:The pandemic is bringing us closer to our robot takeout f... by sharemywin on Sunday April 26, 2020 @10:15PM (#22992277)
Don't they have camera's?
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