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Coco Robotics, Serve Robotics Hit Biometric Class-Action Lawsuits

By Drooid · Oct 17, 2026, 2:44 PM UTC · How we work

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Coco Robotics and Serve Robotics face class-action lawsuits alleging biometric data collection in Chicago.
The suits were filed on Oct. 9 in Cook County, Illinois.
Plaintiffs say the robots’ cameras and LiDAR create three-dimensional scans of faces and hands.
Coco allegedly shares data with OpenAI.
Both companies deny collecting biometric data for profiling.

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Coco Robotics and Serve Robotics face class-action lawsuits alleging biometric data collection in Chicago.
The suits were filed on Oct. 9 in Cook County, Illinois.
Plaintiffs say the robots’ cameras and LiDAR create three-dimensional scans of faces and hands.
Coco allegedly shares data with OpenAI.
Both companies deny collecting biometric data for profiling.