Uber Eats brings robot food delivery to some Chicago neighborhoods

The robots are powered by artificial intelligence.

ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team WLS logo
Monday, October 6, 2025
Uber Eats brings robot food delivery to some Chicago neighborhoods

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Uber Eats is using Serve Robotics to deliver food orders in over a dozen Chicago neighborhoods.

Brian Read, with Serve Robotics, joined ABC7 Chicago Monday to talk more about it.

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The robots are powered by artificial intelligence.

Chicago is the fifth U.S. city to get the robots, joining Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas-Fort Worth and Atlanta.

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The robots can only go on the sidewalk and are emission-free.

They will be used in Austin, Belmont Cragin, Dunning, East Garfield Park, Humboldt Park, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Little Italy, Logan Square, Near North Side, Near West Side, Uptown, West Garfield Park and West Town initially.

Uber Eats customers can select an autonomous delivery in the app.

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