[IL-Talk] [ICB-L] Delivery Robots

[Robert Hansen]

Yeah and I wonder how much of this is Media hype? You know like I'll watch
something on the news and they will talk about Amazon's rolling out drones
or something. It doesn't sound very practical because I live in a condo. I
would probably have to direct the drone or tell the drone in some way to
drop the package off in the backyard of the building. I don't want that to
be dropped on someone's head while they're walking down the sidewalk. Yeah
noticed over the years that McDonald's layouts have really changed. You
don't have that big stainless steel counter like you used to back in the
day. It looks like they stand at some little desk or Booth or whatever you
might call it to check you out. It's kind of like the inside of the
restaurant isn't that important anymore. I really don't see a lot of people
eating in places like McDonald's or Burger king. Matter of fact the
McDonald's at Peterson and Jersey was torn down couple years ago and they
built a newer one and it's located far from the street on their property. I
haven't been in there because I really don't eat in those places anymore.
But yeah there's a lot of things that will change. It'll definitely change
how blind and visually impaired people in iraq.

Robert Hansen
Hansen.robert70 at gmail.com

On Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 8:47 PM Ray Campbell via IL-Talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
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> Hi Dan and all:
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> Thanks for bringing up this issue.  I'm not only concerned about delivery
> robots, but also delivery drones that Amazon, as an example, is using in
> some areas.  How will the thing know to hand off a delivery to us, or get
> it
> to the right house or apartment building?  I lived in a condo complex in
> Glen Ellyn where GPS didn't always direct drivers to the entrance of our
> building, imagine a robot trying to get to the entrance in a situation like
> that, or a drone.
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> I don't think this is a big trend right now, but I'm afraid it could become
> a bigger issue.  Part of it is economics, with minimum wages for restaurant
> workers and delivery people getting higher and higher, businesses will look
> for ways to cut costs.  Why do you think Kiosks are being used in places
> like McDonalds Restaurants?  While McDonalds has worked with TPGI using
> JAWS
> for Kiosk to make many of these accessible, there are kiosks in other
> places
> that are not accessible.
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> I think a good start would be to find out how wide spread the use of these
> technologies are and how people who are blind have been able to deal with
> them.
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> Subject: [ICB-L] Delivery Robots
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> Hi all,
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> Yesterday I was listening to a podcast from WBEZ in Chicago. There was a
> news item about the use of robots to deliver food and other items.
> Evidently
> there is a pilot program in some neighborhoods. Several people with
> disabilities were interviewed and expressed concerns because the robots
> blocked their path and they needed to travel in the street. Is this an
> advocacy issue we should be concerned about? We already have issues with
> scooters on sidewalks. I don't think we can eliminate delivery robots but
> something might be done to develop standards and safety protocols. I don't
> live in Chicago but suspect these robots could come to the suburbs.
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> Thanks,
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> Dan
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