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An ambulance transporting a patient struck a food delivery robot in Hollywood late Friday morning, prompting a brief police investigation and the dispatch of a second rescue unit, officials confirmed ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Ainsley Harris, senior writer at Fast Company, about the accelerated rollout of delivery robots and how they're being received in communities across the country.

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