'Innovation should not come at the expense of real people': Deliveroo's robot delivery trials are 'disappointing', says trade union for human riders
- Deliveroo's robot delivery trials have been blasted by a UK trade union
- GMB Union says "innovation should not come at the expense of real people"
- It adds that the robot delivery plans weren't negotiated with workers
Deliveroo's first robot delivery trials in the UK have been heavily criticized by a trade union representing human couriers, which says they're "disappointing" and weren't negotiated with workers.
The UK's first Deliveroo robot deliveries will take place this month in London's Canary Wharf, after the delivery giant announced a partnership with Coco Robotics to use its fully-electric 'bots. Other trials will take place in Milton Keynes, Leeds, Stockton on Tees and Nottingham "in the coming weeks and months".
But the GMB Union, which represents couriers across Deliveroo's rider network, says the Nottingham trials represent an investment that hasn't been forthcoming to its human equivalents. "If Deliveroo can afford to invest in autonomous technology, why...
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