The owner of Ferg’s Sports Bar & Grill, Mark Ferguson, told WFLA that a robot delivery service could bring him extra business while offering a unique experience to those visiting St. Petersburg.

Others opposed the plan, with one resident telling WFLA, “They should not be on the sidewalk. There’s not congestion on the sidewalk because it is. We don’t need any more. So yeah, I’m dead no on that.”