Uber Eats quietly expands its robot delivery in Center City, restaurants say

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Uber Eats expanded its autonomous robot delivery pilot to all restaurants inside its designated Center City operation zone, with several restaurateurs reporting they did not explicitly opt in. Customers can be matched with an autonomous robot (manufactured by Avride) or opt out; matched orders delivered by bots do not require a tip. Restaurant staff described logistical friction—bringing orders out to blinking bots—and residents raised workforce and safety concerns as the robots operate in crowded streets. The fleet can work up to a two-mile radius and about 12 hours a day, and Uber framed the robots as a supplement rather than a human replacement while keeping the total number of bots undisclosed.

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