Article 5P23C The time a human-driven car ran over an autonomous robot

The time a human-driven car ran over an autonomous robot

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Richard Lawler
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starship_delivery_bot.0.jpg Image: Starship Technologies

Crossing city streets filled with SUV drivers in a hurry is tricky for any pedestrian, but what about a robot that's less than two feet tall? Starship Technologies is flooding college towns with autonomous electric delivery bots that trundle goods to your location in their locked storage compartment. While the safety of human pedestrians around large vehicles with autonomous capabilities is still being debated, this time, the roles were reversed. As shown in a video posted to TikTok by rach,ipsa, even a couple of lights plus cameras, radar, ultrasonic sensors, and neural networks weren't enough for this robot to avoid getting clipped by a Ford Escape.

@rach.ipsa

Reply to @cody_offic it's about as wonderful as you imagined

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