Coco Delivery Robot Goes Rogue in LA, Tears Up Resident's Garden and Drags Away Her Fence

An East Hollywood resident reported that a Coco food delivery robot drove through her garden, uprooted plants, got her fence caught in its wheel, and then drove away dragging the fencing down the street — whipping parked cars with palm fronds along the way. Kaiya Reel said she chased the robot through the street yelling at it to stop, but it kept trying to go around her. The incident on February 20 was not isolated: separate videos have shown Coco robots running into an ambulance and another delivery robot knocking over a parked motorcycle. In one case, an autonomous robot stopped abruptly in front of a man using a mobility scooter. Coco told Reel it would reimburse her for the garden damage and take internal measures. The incidents raise questions about accountability as delivery robot companies deploy fleets across residential neighborhoods — especially as Coco just launched its fully autonomous Coco 2 model that operates without human remote operators.