DoorDash's New Delivery Robot Rolls Out Into the Big, Cruel World

The hype around delivery robots has fizzled, but DoorDash is still determined to launch Dot, an adorable red bot. It can ride on roads and in bike lanes, where it will face daunting challenges. DoorDash's new delivery robot is named Dot. When we first got close to Dot, DoorDash's new delivery robot, we looked right into its big blue, pixelated eyes and gave it a kick. It's not WIRED's policy to be mean to 350-pound hunks of plastic on wheels.