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Food Delivery Robots Record Camera Footage To Send To The LAPD: Report

Image: Serve Robotics
Image: Serve Robotics

Those food delivery robots you see may be doing more than just bringing someone their Chipotle order. 404Media reports that the company that operates the robots is allegedly giving video footage to the LAPD for use in criminal investigations.

Internal emails obtained by 404 show that during an incident in which two suspects attempted to steal a delivery robot made by the company Serve Robotics, the LAPD got a subpoena that allowed them to obtain camera footage from the robot during its time on the streets. The footage was used to identify the suspects for their eventual arrest. Other emails show that Serve was more than willing to comply with helping the police in the incident.

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