A New Jersey man plans to sue Uber and an autonomous vehicle company after crashing into a self-driving robot while riding his bike home from work late last year. Conor Shannon, of Jersey City, said the robot developed by Avride unexpectedly darted into a bike lane on Varick Street as he rode home at about 5 p.m. on October 22, 2025. The crash sent the 32-year-old flying over his bike's handlebars and onto his head and neck, leaving him with a concussion and a broken clavicle. The robot then attempted to flee the scene, he said. "Suddenly, an object about the size of a Coleman cooler—maybe a little bigger—appeared right in front of me," Shannon told Newsweek. "Next thing I know, I was unconscious, and when I came to, I was getting helped into an ambulance." Shannon, who works as an actuary, said his memory of the immediate aftermath remains foggy, but he continues to recover from the crash more than six months later. In addition to uneasy hours in the hospital, he missed several days at work, and his clavicle hasn't fully healed. "I've done a lot of reflecting," Shannon said of spending countless hours in his apartment replaying the crash. "These things have been around Jersey City for a while now. I've actually never had one deliver to me, but I didn't think anything of them at the time." Uber did not return multiple messages seeking comment from Newsweek regarding Shannon's accident in October. In October 2024, Uber announced a partnership with Avride to use the company's delivery robots and autonomous vehicles, later deploying them in Dallas and Austin, Texas. The service subsequently extended to Jersey City in February 2025 and Philadelphia in March. "We are aware of the incident involving a cyclist and one of our delivery