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‘Robot drowned’: Twitter baffled by cyborg’s apparent ‘suicide’ (PHOTOS)
RT ^ | 18 Jul, 2017

Posted on 07/18/2017 6:26:56 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

‘Robot drowned’: Twitter baffled by cyborg’s apparent ‘suicide’ (PHOTOS)

In another example of internet madness, the ‘death’ of a security robot in a Washington DC office fountain is making waves online.

On Monday, news that a Knightscope security robot had fallen into a fountain was relayed on Twitter by Bilal Farooqui.

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“Our DC office building got a security robot. It drowned itself. We were promised flying cars, instead we got suicidal robots,” Farooqui said.

From there internet denizens chimed in with their own theories, with some mocking and mourning the robot’s fate.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: knightscope; robot; robotics; suicide; technology
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To: spokeshave

The robot obviously self-identifies as a Gemini Space Capsule and is executing a perfect splashdown.


61 posted on 07/18/2017 9:20:40 AM PDT by Flick Lives (#CNNblackmail)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Stairs? I think I see your problem right there.


62 posted on 07/18/2017 10:53:55 AM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: Mr. K

Thread winner!


63 posted on 07/18/2017 10:58:07 AM PDT by vpintheak (Freedom is not equality; and equality is not freedom!)
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To: buffaloguy

Laughable isnt it?


64 posted on 07/18/2017 2:39:16 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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To: Army Air Corps

Not cyborg—pure robot.


65 posted on 07/18/2017 3:00:38 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: TigerLikesRooster
it's a trans-bot what thinks it's a torpedo...
66 posted on 07/18/2017 4:03:52 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: Ozark Tom

Que?


67 posted on 07/18/2017 4:13:42 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Sequoyah101

I’ll bet they spent a ton of money for that security trinket.

Waste of time and money all for show.


68 posted on 07/18/2017 4:53:54 PM PDT by buffaloguy
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