Summary A security robot self-destructed on the job after jumping into a fountain. Courtesy: Twitter
(Web Desk) - A security robot in Washington DC committed ‘suicide’ at work by falling into a fountain.
The robot, made by Knightscope, was spotted by passers-by and they reported the incident on social media described as the real face of technology in the 21sy century, BBC reported.
The company promotes the security robot as better replacement of real guards because it never gets bored of what it does. However, this one particular robot found it hard to deal with the job and decided to end it right then nd there.
Our D.C. office building got a security robot. It drowned itself.
— Bilal Farooqui (@bilalfarooqui) July 17, 2017
We were promised flying cars, instead we got suicidal robots. pic.twitter.com/rGLTAWZMjn
When the robot works, it is able to understand its own environment and judge whether something is wrong, using a combination of microphones, video cameras and other sensors.
In the future it s expected to get other features like gun detection and artificial intelligence. If it detects that something is wrong then it can squeak, whistle and make other loud noises intended to dissuade criminals and others from causing a nuisance.
It s ok security robot. It s a stressful job, we ve all been there. pic.twitter.com/LQbnntbCRm
— Sparkle Ops (@SparkleOps) July 17, 2017
It is not the first accident involving Knightscope s patrolling robots, which are equipped with various instruments - including face-recognition systems, high-definition video capture, infrared and ultrasonic sensors.
Last year, a 16-month-old toddler was run over by one of the autonomous devices in a Silicon Valley shopping centre.
And earlier this year, a Californian man was arrested after attacking a Knightscope robot.
The man, who was drunk at the time of the incident, later said he wanted to "test" the machine, according to Knightscope.
