Tbf all delivery methods use public infrastructure.

Okay I guess I could phrase that better but this is the first time they've used public mass transit infrastructure that I've heard of. I will edit my comment to include the phrase "mass transit".

Regardless of whether or not it's truly happening, can you say "Dystopia"?

Regardless of what country does it, I will absolutely call every country that replaces all humans with robo workers for mundane jobs like that dystopian.

the city is in key national focus for prototyping modernization and creating a smart city.

I think all jobs that are able to be replaced by robots should be replaced, the dystopian factor is how capitalism deprives people of the ability to exist in doing so.

I'd call every society where the concept of a job still exists a dystopia.

We have the tools to start moving past that, question is how can you bridge the period in between.

Yeah tbh that's kinda bad. I dont wan't delivery trucks in my subway

They look like oversized iMacs on wheeled platforms.

China's government is handing out massive subsidies for everything called robotics. This causes the number of companies that claim to do robotics to be inflated

If the bots are required to have paid transit passes and if they're confined to off-peak hours when the subways aren't full anyway, this could actually be a net win for mass transit: they're putting money into the system while consuming relatively few resources, so the bots can fund improvements that benefit humans.

Good point. If trains are empty might as well use them.

industries tend to be more centralized in China. It's not that that's indicative of every city, more that Shenzhen already has easy access to the kind of manufacturing and products that a robotics company would find ideal.

Yeah. Just need to make sure that sensible restrictions are in place to prevent the creep into turning a public service into primarily a commercial one. Starts out only running during off hours, then running during active hours at a reduced rate, then it's got dedicated cars for the robots, then it overflows into passenger cars... you see where it's going. Best to set up guard rails before it's a problem.

Same here in the US with AI, but instead of the government giving subsidies its venture capitalists.

China is awesome

If I had the chance to ride the subway with one of these cuties it would make my day.

I actually thought a dedicated car would be a good solution. Of course as an additional car, not as a replacement for a passenger one. Then you could optimize the interior for these robots

This is China, not the US.
They're not as greedy and disgusting.

Just because it's the US doesn't mean it's not bigoted to generalize people, especially with such insulting and hateful generalizations. And Chinese companies are as motivated by profit as any company is, which means they would be interested in maximizing cost efficiency by scaling up services like this. Putting policies in place to protect other priorities for the public good is sensible no matter where you are.

I spoke about the country not the people. you cannot deny the fact the capitalist hell that is the US is greedy enough to ruin anything for money.