Posted on 08/08/2019 9:36:35 AM PDT by C19fan
Amazon’s self-driving robots will be roaming the streets of another neighborhood.
The online shopping giant said Tuesday that the six-wheeled robots, about the size of a smaller cooler, will begin delivering packages to customers in Irvine, California. It comes after Amazon began testing them in a suburb of Seattle at the beginning of the year.
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It will probably about 10 minutes before the first one is “mugged”.
I am just wondering the same thing. You know people will attack these these things just for kicks or to steal what it is carrying.
What happens when illegal robots start coming in from Mexico? The left will protect them.
Now I can test my electronic porch pirate.
Can a person carjack a driver less car? I wonder what they will call someone that steals a delivery robot.
lol
Will they be shorter and with accents?
[[I wonder what they will call someone that steals a delivery robot.]]
They will call them a Domestic terrorist no doubt
Bet they won’t go to da hood.
Reminds me of working in a large plant that had mail delivery by robot 30 years ago. The company had to do a lot to create a guidance system within the buildings, the electronic cart was loaded in the mailroom and followed its route, stopping at each mail delivery point and I believe it beeped to alert a person to come and pick up the mail, then send it on its way. Recollect discussion that the company came up with this after a Union strike - let people know how expendable they are even if it cost a fortune to replace them at the time.
wanders around "Giant" and "Martins" grocery stores, allegedly patrolling the aisles for spills and debris.
There was a scenario in the series The Americans where a mail robot was in use at the FBI the sleeper spies compromised that mail system almost immediately.
Five or more years ago the York (PA) Hospital had a robot med cart that delivered meds on the various floors. However, in visiting folks there several times recently I did not see it at all. That may have been a passing fad.
If you approach him, he’ll make every effort to turn aside and avoid you.
Pimpbot5000
After a while systems like that become so worn out that even normal maintenance cant fix them anymore and it will need a major overhaul which could cost more than a new system.
How do I reprogram the robot to mow the front yard when he delivers?
Will they be Armed ? LOL
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