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Food delivery robot barges through crime scene in Los Angeles

Hey, the clock was ticking! 😉

Video shows the moment a food delivery robot in Los Angeles barged through a crime scene, en route to a delivery.

The robot, named Connie, was determined to get the meal to her customers.

To the amusement of some nearby camera operators, Connie managed to slip past the yellow crime-scene tape. The robot continued on its way, passing a group of confused-looking police officers.

Watch the bizarre crime-scene intrusion by clicking on the video at the top of this article.

The Disney Donald Trump robot that looks like it was Hillary Clinton at first but then modified upon Trump’s victory

Once you see it, you can’t unsee it…
 

 

 

hitchBOT on its way

The anthropomorphic robot named hitchBOT sits on the shoulder of Highway 102 to begin its 6,000 kilometer cross-country journey outside of Halifax, Nova Scotia, on July 27, 2014. The hitch-hiking robot is part of a social experiment to see if drivers will pick up and drop off the robot in one piece to an art gallery in Victoria, British Columbia. According to the website, as of today, August 1, hitchBot has made it as far as Toronto. (Reuters/Paul Darrow)

The anthropomorphic robot named hitchBOT sits on the shoulder of Highway 102 to begin its 6,000 kilometer cross-country journey outside of Halifax, Nova Scotia, on July 27, 2014. The hitch-hiking robot is part of a social experiment to see if drivers will pick up and drop off the robot in one piece to an art gallery in Victoria, British Columbia. According to the website, as of today, August 1, hitchBot has made it as far as Toronto. (Reuters/Paul Darrow)

Previously.

HitchBOT robot set to hitchhike across Canada

What?

A chatty robot from Ontario will attempt to hitchhike from Nova Scotia to B.C. this summer.

Hitchbot will be about the size of a six-year-old child and have a child booster seat built into its buttocks, says David Harris Smith, an assistant professor at McMaster University who first came up with the idea of creating a collaborative art project centred around a hitchhiking robot.

The little robot will try to bum its first ride from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design on July 27 by signalling with the only part of its body it can move — one arm. The researchers expect it to charm its way into enough rides to make it all the way to Victoria.

Along the way, it will be sharing its adventures via social media — something that those who pick it up should be aware of, Smith told CBC News. “It’ll be sort of like having an out-of-control teenager in your car, taking pictures of you and posting them to Facebook.”

Hitchbot is also equipped with a GPS and 3G wireless connectivity that will allow it to post frequent updates of its position on the internet.

I’m sure as hell not giving rides to any robot hitchhikers! Let them get a bus / train / plane ticket like everyone else without wheels! 😉