Autonomous delivery robots find place in Michigan bike lanes
Groceries, take-out dinners and other items could soon arrive via an autonomous robot in one Michigan city. An Ann Arbor-based company called Refraction AI has been testing its REV-1 autonomous delivery vehicles, which are about the size of a large wheelbarrow or cargo bike. The three-wheeled electric devices are designed to operate in bike lanes, or other areas at “the margins” of the roadway in the aim to stay out of the primary traffic flow.