Coco and Serve Robotics sued over biometric scans by delivery bots

Chicago residents filed two class-action lawsuits accusing Coco Robotics and Serve Robotics of using cameras and LiDAR to capture customers' hands, faces and body geometry without consent. The suits cite Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act and seek $1,000 per violation or $5,000 for intentional ones.

• Separate suits target Coco Robotics and Serve Robotics in Chicago
• Bots allegedly recorded hands, heads and faces, with LiDAR measuring body geometry
• Plaintiffs seek $1,000 per violation or $5,000 for intentional ones
• Serve accused of possibly using data to train AI and licensing it to third parties