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Related: About this forumWashington DC security robot drowns in fountain, internet erupts
Last updated 17:30, July 18 2017
The watery demise of a security robot in Washington, DC was seized on by social media commentators as a stark metaphor for our times.
The K5 autonomous robot was patrolling outside the Washington Harbour office and retail complex on Tuesday (New Zealand time) when it tumbled into the fountain.
Photos posted on social media showed the robot on its side in deep water as people tried to work out how to rescue it.
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https://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/94866822/.html
greyl
(22,990 posts)NBachers
(17,108 posts)4139
(1,893 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)"It cant be bargained with. It cant be reasoned with. It doesnt feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead."
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"The good news is, it's not waterproof"
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)committed suicide at 11:48:15.
Javaman
(62,530 posts)my fave LOL
Javaman
(62,530 posts)just hit them with water guns. LOL
cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)and it took the only way out it could think of to end its pain?