 A spokesman for the fire service shared on X (formerly Twitter): 'Sorry Co-op, our hoses and fire engines confused your delivery robots in Cambridge this evening as we tackled a building fire, but firefighters helped them on their way – hopefully not too many delays!' The spokesman added in a statement: 'Crews were dealing with a fire in a derelict building in Cambridge yesterday evening when firefighters not directly involved in firefighting activities noticed a Co-op delivery robot seemed to be struggling with navigating around the hoses and fire engines blocking the pathways and road. 'Firefighters carefully lifted the robot up and carried it over the obstructions so it could continue on its way. 'Shortly after, another robot breached the cordon and needed helpin){kind=link}
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We can probably expect to see more and more delivery drones and robots in our towns and cities as time goes on and technology evolves.
But these innovative delivery robots in Cambridge stumbled across an unexpected obstacle.
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue was on the scene of a derelict building fire on Saturday, meaning there were multiple parked fire engines and fire hoses trailing across the road and pavement.