World of the Bizarre

Security robot drowns itself in a fountain

By T.K. Randall
July 18, 2017

Image: AI-generated (Midjourney) The Knightscope K5 security robot, which looks a bit like something out of a Star Wars movie, managed to prematurely end its own existence this week by trundling straight in to a fountain.

"Our D.C. office building got a security robot," office employee Bilal Farooqui wrote on Twitter. "It drowned itself. We were promised flying cars, instead we got suicidal robots."An image of the contraption lying helpless in the water has since gone viral online.

Our D.C. office building got a security robot. It drowned itself.

We were promised flying cars, instead we got suicidal robots. pic.twitter.com/rGLTAWZMjn

— Bilal Farooqui (@bilalfarooqui) July 17, 2017

Developed by California-based company Knightscope, this particular line of robots comes equipped with an array of special cameras designed to help out security personnel.

Sadly, none of these appear to have helped this particular unit avoid an untimely, watery end.

Source: Russia Today

Tags: Knightscope, Robot