I heard they all have 64gb of ddr5 and rtx cards in them.
I’m all for delivery robots. The idea of having people in gas guzzling cars taking up huge amounts of city space while polluting, just so you can have a private taxi for your burrito is crazy. The main issue here is them taking up sidewalk infrastructure instead of car infrastructure. Fix that and we’ve got absolutely no problems. Tiny electric vehicles SHOULD be delivering things. Fixing this infrastructure problem is another great time to fix deliveries in general blocking side lanes, bike lanes, and slowing traffic where it does actually need to flow.
While we’re at it, fix all traffic. Switch to a modified Dutch design of three types of roads (highways, distributor roads, and access roads) to further eliminate car interactions with pedestrians, cyclist, and yes probably small bot interactions. They should only be mixing on access roads. Dedicated and separated car lanes, bike lanes, and walking paths, and shared delivery lanes for bots and manned cars on access roads. It’ll take time, but a simple plan and slow progress will eventually fix things and cause less havoc like adding cars did to cities that were all horse based.
If one of these bumped into me I feel like I’d want to tip it over in response.
Well you definitely can’t let it leave after hitting you, it’s got to remain at the scene to exchange insurance information. Hit and runs should be treated the same as a delivery driver hitting someone then leaving the scene.
If a human courier walked at me and wanted to go through me, I’m allowed to push them away. A robot doesn’t have more rights than a person. Not likely to happen to me with a robto where I live though.
Fuck you botly, I’m going clankertipping
“THAT’S CALLED CLANKTIPPING! HA HA!”
What law would I potentially break if I tipped one over?
I’ve never seen one IRL where I live, they wouldn’t make much sense in suburbia, but I suppose I might come across one someday, if they keep multiplying.
Probably property damage. Same as if you stomped a kid’s radio controlled car.
What is you just put a cup over its lidar sensor.
Or put a traffic cone in front and behind it? Definitely don’t do that though, it’s possibly illegal.
You don’t have to damage it though… Just gently roll it on it’s side for a little nap.
I think the company could still likely chase people who do that for damages if something broke or for lost profit since it would be pretty clear that it was intentionally disabled/intended to stop its function so it would be pretty clear in a civil court that there was tortious intent.
I wouldn’t personally recommend doing it on these, they are essentially walking cameras.
Tape over all its cameras and sensors.
Disconnect its battery.
Remove at least one tire.
I wish we could roll extra apostrophes on their side too.
I’m kinda surprised that these things aren’t being stripped for parts by meth-heads TBH
No wonder. The roads are not built for these things and nobody expects them there.
“broken-down robots causing obstructions”
It’s littering. Call the sanitation department.
If you see one chuck it in the river
This is just one of many, many pieces of technology that have been just put into public from tech companies whether we like it or now. And they do it because they know there is no regulation, nor will there be anytime soon to reign it in.
Kick the fucking things into the street
Memes aside, my friends and I genuinely would have murdered these things with rocks had they come out before we’d turned 18.
I’m not really bothered by these things. I walk around them just like I have to walk around humans and their detritus.
The technology has emerged before the infrastructure.
This is a fairly generic complaint that humans have had for 1000s of years.
I wouldn’t worry about it.
