Safety
A Serve sidewalk robot and a Waymo robotaxi bumped into each other at a Los Angeles crossing. Neither was damaged and no one was in the robotaxi.
A crash, recall, injury or investigation
What the source says
“On December 27, a Waymo robotaxi and a Serve Robotics sidewalk delivery robot collided at a Los Angeles intersection”
What it means
Serve sidewalk robot, from Serve Robotics, is at stage 4 of 5 on our ladder: paying customers. Safety events don't move a stage on their own, but they stay on the robot's record.
Human help: People working remotely can steer it or take over.
More on Serve sidewalk robot
- Serve said deliveries through Uber fell in the second quarter of 2026 for the first time, because its robots were used less than expected.
- Serve said it did not expect to renew its partnership with Uber when the deal ends in early 2027.
- Uber, Serve's biggest delivery partner and an early backer, sold all of its shares in Serve. Serve said it learned of the sale only when it was made public.
- Serve agreed to buy Diligent Robotics, maker of the Moxi robot that fetches lab samples and supplies in hospitals.
- Serve said it had completed more than 100,000 deliveries for business partners such as 7-Eleven.
- Serve said it had put more than 2,000 sidewalk delivery robots on US streets, up from about 100 at the start of 2025.