Sample Sidewalk Robot Delivery Legislation

What’s happening? Virginia SB 758 (2020 | VA) allows robots up to 500 lbs, gives the robots the same rights as pedestrians & requires cities to allow the robots on roads when there is no sidewalk. Pennsylvania SB 1199 (2020 | PA) considered a similar regulatory framework.

Why is this important? The use of delivery services increased with the pandemic.

How will this be important? It is the wild Wild West when it comes to whether delivery robots can operate on sidewalks. We’re going to start seeing these robots more and yet the rules are far and few.

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