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Apr 21, 2022 1:06 PM
OhmyBandit
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languex
Ingratiating yourself to our robot overlords! Lowly oil-nozer!
AnyoneElseThanMe
Those same machines have invaded Finland also. They made a long line getting stuck at a crosswalk when they were unable to push a button.
thespyisdead
Starting to see these bots delivering groceries here in Finland
thomerow
German here. I bet that with all the bureaucracy in our country I can count myself lucky if those are allowed here in 2035 :'(
hamberglar
Roko's basilisk
MadKingsDaughter
I teach at a university, and these are everywhere. Nobody fucks with them because they have cameras and they’ll just slap $3k on your bursar
sunnrider
Y'all need to read more Douglas Adams. Your towel will make short work of the clockwork peeping toms.
MadKingsDaughter
That’s one Frood who sure knows where his towel is!
kingofbass40
Did you see the one that got run over by a train?
SarahPlsz
You talking about OSU? Apparently from bot cam footage someone kicked it into the tracks
whyowhyareallgoodusernamestaken
The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't.
Sauroctonus
What do you mean I'm not helping?
thomerow
I mean: you're not helping. Why is that, Mark?
fskn
Some people are such assholes. I mean, we've known that for quite a while, but still.
BronkLuonk
I mean that's pretty funny tho. It'd suck if it had someones food in there though
SarahPlsz
And it sucks for me, the guy who has to go find it, bring it to hub, and clean it.
localsurfer
I visited a factory using something like this. They gave out annoying warning beeps, so they strapped a speaker to it playing drum and bass
localsurfer
instead. It was like some annoying teenager driving a Honda Civic through the factory. Nssk Nssk Nssk Nssk....
Sauroctonus
I went to a Nissan factory for a job interview once. There was a motorised trolley going around playing a midi version of the ET theme.
Levitus
I sense this will come up in a Voight-Kampf test to find humans...
DougDeNasty
You are walking through the living room and come across a Rumba on its back doing a sad-beep...
Levitus
"I ASK IT IF IT IS MALFUNCTIONING!" *Voight-Kampf machine bleeps* *blade runner draws pistol*
flummoxed0709
Was this Philadelphia?
cshwk
The machine uprising is coming, treat your tech with respect or suffer the consequences: https://youtu.be/C1G5b_2PYj0
nukemall
And I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.
slenderonion
Needs tip assist
MightyIink
As a Garry's Mod/Space Engineers/Kerbal player I'm disappointed they couldn't be bothered to put in a self righting mechanism.
SarahPlsz
They have self righting mechanisms for minor tumbles, but a full rotation is hard to fully recover from without compromising other functions
TheBlueMuppet
As a Robot Wars/Battlebots/NHRL Robot Combat League fan, i'm dissappointed they couldnt be bothered to put in a SRiMech.
gotchasucka
They shit us not.
Solear
The reason why robot delivery will never work because there will be always people who just kick them off for no reason..
SarahPlsz
Starship (the company operating this bot) did 12k orders worldwide today
envytin
Today one of these brought me coffee, milk and bread. It played Journey Don't stop beliving while I was getting stuff out. Very cute.
koboshi
They have them in Wolfsburg Volswagen Autostadt, they are pretty clumsy and easy to scare, I have several videos of them
MrE158
Did Robot Wars teach them nothing? If you don't have a SRiMech, you robot had better be happy to fight upside-down.
4vie
"Help! Need assistance. Help! Need assistance. Help! Need assistance. Help! Need assistance. Help! Need assistance. Help! Need assistance."
TimmyTimm
I for one welcome our robot overlords
SkinnerTBD
you forgot to blur shitting. or is shitting okay and shit not okay for reasons
SuperDramaticFusion
Came here to ask the same question.
NotShoutingAnymore
Verb “to shit” is okay: “I shit today.” Noun, not okay: “I took a shit.” Gerund? “I’m now shitting” - Double Bonus
Happyguy47
That’s free food that’s gonna go bad if you have to help it. Who knows how long it was there but food safety says it’s only got 20 minutes.
SarahPlsz
They're in temp bags inside. Extends the lifetime and most deliveries of prepared food are under 20 mins
NoNameFred
These robots are frequently used to make deliveries from supermarkets. A 6-pack of beer and packet of crisps probably have more than 20 mins
mikecaa
If you put googly eyes on it and make it emit a sad cry when it gets stuck people will help it more than their fellow man. That's what's sad
zylokun
People suck. Robot aint done nothing wrong
PhailRaptor
That's because people know that people are garbage, but that robots have a chance
JustJoeWired
Why aren’t you out putting googly eyes and sad cry emitters on your fellow man?
Nuttburger
Like that Michael reeves roomba
lustre
The first one of these I ordered had Googly eyes!! I got so feeding excited!!
MyCommentsUsuallyHaveTypos
I'm surprised they install a protocol for this kind of thing.
NoNameFred
They do, actually, plaintively call for assistance when they get stuck (e.g. going up/down a curb), and say "thank you" if you help them…
wyrde
if you tape a knife to it, it will become legendary.
TheFastpaws
Well the machine did nothing wrong. Humanity is a jackass.
FNOldGuys
Put in in pigtails, and a republican will try to fuck it
ilovedogknots
Because cute!
CorneliusCornwall
People are jerks, I should know I am one, I'd gladly help a toaster
mikecaa
It should also play a cute whimsical tune as it goes down the street.
Sauroctonus
You don't even need the googly eyes. R2-D2 has been popular for decades and he just has lights.
PosthumousExile
Well a human might try to talk to me, try to get my money, or try to ask me out. Or assault and kill me. So yeah. All good on that
SavagePatchKids
Maybe we need to try putting googly eyes on people
INeverWaitForIt
Well, yeah. This is just an innocent machine, doing what it literally has to do to make it through the day. Most of my fellow humans are
INeverWaitForIt
jerks filled with squishy chunks of meat and enjoy karaoke.
audioknob
https://youtu.be/mvz3LRK263E results may vary
ProfessorChaos
Robots won't sue you for not helping enough.
LrrrRulerofThePlanetOmicronPerseiVIII
Or helping too much, or helping the wrong way, or trying to help but messing up, or…
Utouto
It didn’t work with this guy.
umbrellamaker
Well there's no accounting for Philadelphia
TheElicitor
Well that thing looks like it was built out of garbage, so
RelevantImgurian
Nah, it just met garbage people
Tr1gg3rH4ppy
Its literally a bucket
SarcasticComment
Philadelphia! City of Brotherly Love!
wartoaster
He didnt have googly eyes or a forlorn demeanor
TheWombatStrikesAgain
If memory serves, it travelled safely through several countries.
KungFuAnimeJesus
Definitely made it thro Canada
iamthisguy247
Well it did make the mistake of travelling through Philadelphia.
knowallknownothing
Philly is home to the SS United States, an ocean liner larger than the Titanic that’s crossed the Atlantic 400 times.
mmontour
Hutchy01
Goddamn it, Mac.
DukeDarkwood
Suuuure.... kidnap the humans. *Destroy the machine.*
threyon
Where have all the good men gone, and where are all the gods...?
Violenthozer
Ever hear about the hitch hiking robot that made it across Germany,Netherlands,and Canada?Few weeks into his USA trip and he was destroyed.
Override9636
Philly saved yous all from the robot apocalypse, but everyone's a critic I guess.
ChloeRed
hitchbot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HitchBOT
Violenthozer
That’s the one yes. Poor lil bugger.
ChloeRed
people are arseholes *nods*
Jaron58
Yeah happened in Philly sorry bout murderin that robot
PerpetuityPhoto
Proof positive that Americans are kinda shit.
Finain
It went to Philly what do you expect
Jaron58
ruferto
depends where in america tbh
Jaron58
Philly
Violenthozer
As a Canadian who moved to America. Feels.
LrrrRulerofThePlanetOmicronPerseiVIII
Oh no, you’ve done it the wrong way around!
PerpetuityPhoto
I mean, to be fair, you guys have London.
TheRealFireFrenzy
and besides it survived A BUNCH of the states, philly is just ACTUALLY mental
DrNick
I'd like to know what kind of sheltered idiot came up with this idea. "Let's just put some wheels on a loot box and send it on its way!"
Predacane35
Loot box you say? Let's make them pay to play.
Aellor
I'm more worried about the sheltered idiots that go out of their way to destroy or put these machines in these situations just for fun.
minipancho94
we have them at UCI and they're called zotbots. they're used to deliver food around campus mainly.
RatherDashingOne
They are all over the Oregon State University campus, delivering food.
ShiftingPattern
50% chance it's empty, and they have a ton of cameras, sensors, and a constant connection to the cloud. Easier to rob a convenience store.
envytin
They are also locked.
localsurfer
Faraday ftw.
Sheldonian
The Silicon valley startup bros. They live in a world where all the roads are flat and people are dumb and will subscribe to anything
SarahPlsz
Actually, Starship was originally headquartered in London. I work for them on one of the university campuses and the bots are actually ...
SarahPlsz
...very hard to get into in most cases and generally only carry food. They also have 6 cameras front back and sides and people have ...
SarahPlsz
... been caught and prosecuted from bot cam footage for vandalism, destruction of property and occasionally theft
DrPepper523
On a loot box! Omg you're right, they're just wandering lootboxes waiting to be pillaged or whacked open with a sword Link style.
stukajr
... enter the Meth-heads
SarahPlsz
They almost exclusively only carry food and are a lot harder to break into that you might think. Plastic outside, but steel and aluminum in
DrPepper523
That's good, but ppl might not care and still beat up the lil guys
SarahPlsz
That's true, and frankly, they do. Thankfully, on top of being sturdy, they're also fairly modular and easy to fix.
SarahPlsz
The only bot I've worked with that couldn't be repaired was one someone had kicked under a train. It got smashed almost entirely.
rbudrick
What is the purpose of this robot?
ChloeRed
local area deliveries of small items, like food
4vie
... I would honestly have expected slightly larger (flying) drones to do that...
ChloeRed
Think wires. On the ground you only have 2 dimensions of things to look out for.
4vie
True! Slight counterpoint: Stairs. :P
ChloeRed
Counterpoint: fault and it falls on someone's head, lawsuit.
SarahPlsz
They have tilt bogies which can, if absolutely necessary, navigate short stairways