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A dozen Coco delivery robots swarm and block Lincoln Park sidewalk

S1 · 09/2026 · Coco Robotics · Chicago, IL, USA

Record

CompanyCoco Robotics
Categorysidewalk delivery
Typedisruption
Date09/2026
Time of daynot documented
LocationChicago, IL, USA · North Clark Street, Lincoln Park
SeverityS1 (near-miss / disclosed vulnerability)
Scale12+ robots
Confidencehigh
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceCBS Chicago

What happened

At least a dozen Coco delivery robots became stuck in a cluster on North Clark Street near Lincoln Park on the morning of Sept 1, 2026, blocking pedestrian access; Coco attributed it to a sidewalk deployment error that simultaneously rerouted robots leaving their station, resolved within minutes, no injuries.

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