A NYPD bomb disposal robot carries an unexploded pressure cooker bomb on Sept. 17, 2016 on West 27th Street in New York City. Another device had exploded earlier injuring 29 people on 23rd St. in Chelsea. (Lucien Harriot / Getty Images)
Robotics leader Starship Technologies has successfully lobbied the state legislature to legalize sidewalk robots, the fifth state to open its walkways as potential testing ground.