CORVALLIS, Ore. — Oregon State University reported Tuesday afternoon that it’s responding to a bomb threat related to its robot food delivery system and is advising everyone on campus to avoid the robots and not open them.

“Urgent OSU Alert: Bomb Threat in Starship food delivery robots,” the school tweeted at 12:20 p.m. Tuesday. “Do not open robots. Avoid all robots until further notice. Public Safety is responding.”

The robots wheel their way around campus, delivering food orders to students, staff or faculty who order food on the Starship app.

In 2020, OSU introduced the new food delivery system, with a fleet of 20 delivery robots from Starship Technologies. The robots use GPS to navigate the campus and onboard sensors help them travel on sidewalks and navigate obstacles.

KGW reported in 2020 that the Starship food delivery robots were being used on about 10 college campuses around the country.

This is a developing story and will be updated when more information is made available.

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