Woman Arrested After Blocking Delivery Robot in Center City Philadelphia Confrontation
16th October 2026
A Center City woman was arrested after allegedly refusing to move out of the path of a delivery robot.
The confrontation was captured on video and has since drawn online attention.
Philadelphia police said officers responded to the 1200 block of Filbert Street after witnesses reported a disturbance involving Carolyn Marvin and an Uber delivery robot near Reading Terminal Market.
According to police, Marvin repeatedly blocked the robot’s path and ignored multiple commands from officers to move.
She was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.
I guess asking to see its manager didn’t work.
“I know they’re taking the jobs of human delivery workers and so, I have been protesting them whenever I saw them by standing in front of them and preventing them from going forward,” Marvin said.