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From the article: > In 2016, a K5 roaming around Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto, California, hit a 16-month-old toddler, bruising his leg and running ov
by southerntofu 5y ago
From the article:
> In 2016, a K5 roaming around Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto, California, hit a 16-month-old toddler, bruising his leg and running over his foot. The company apologized, calling it a “freakish accident,” and invited the family to visit the company’s nearby headquarters in Mountain View, which the family declined. The following year, another K5 robot slipped on steps adjacent to a fountain at the Washington Harbour development in Washington, D.C., falling into the water.
That's enough said for me. I don't want any of these things near me and if my local police department is stupid enough to get into that kind of stuff i won't hesitate to gather with neighbors and publicly dismantle the robot.
Having a robot recording bystanders 24/7 is detrimental to privacy and public safety. It's like a cyberpunk dystopian movie coming true.