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Delivery robots have been appearing more frequently of late on some of Chicago’s sidewalks in Lakeview and elsewhere, bringing hungry folks their tacos, chicken tenders or smashburgers as they trundle along. They’re kind of charming in their insulated way, with their fake eyes and novel names.

One, presumably ennui-driven, robot goes by “Chekhov,” and we have entertained ourselves watching his siblings try to navigate Chicago’s intersections. It takes them forever to deem it safe to cross the street. No fools, these robots.

Some of them have been meandering past aldermanic offices, always a dangerous thing to do, lest an alderman with control issues pop out the door, flag down a reporter and declare the need for a new ordinance. Unsurprisingl

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