Food delivery robots under attack from vandals, thieves

The popularity of remote food delivery skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the trend has continued to help businesses thrive years later. Unfortunately, some of the robotic delivery vehicles are taking a beating, with several viral videos showing people kicking the autonomous bots over and even stealing the products inside.
KTLA 5's Rachel Menitoff reports. (Aug. 7, 2023)
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[@illustr8er91]

there’s no way the makers of these robots werent expecting this.😂

[@JesusLopez-sb3ir]

Trust me., they knew. If humans do these to other humans and animals they going to do this to robots. It’s a test, AI coming for these criminals and law and order back to humanity.

[@blackshatemyplaylist8643]

Virtual signaling Huwhyte liberals are oblivious to their surroundings

[@ColbyCrazyYT]

Vote Red

[@SandrinesVoxServices]

Not everyone is like us and lives in crazy California haha

[@LCx829]

I'm so sick of the people here acting like animals.

[@muzkat101]

Like someone actually believed we live in a world where a robot wouldn't be robbed, mugged, vandalized, or destroyed given the opportunity... delusional and wishful thinking on their part -- there's no utopia in L.A., where there's homelessness and criminals looking for easy targets -- using a robot for delivery is just asking for trouble... at least, not until these robots can fight back.

[@marvincruz7803]

You know, not a bad idea to arm these robots 🤔

[@michaelPh8]

they need a delivery robot more like RoboCop - that way the billionaires can replace the human cops and the human delivery folks.

[@LorddVader]

Gotta put a robot on cement blocks

[@Mansikkacake]

This only works in Scandinavia or Japan.

[@HeadNtheClouds]

Robo Cop!

[@DavoInMelbourne]

I’m sure this would work really well in developed countries.

[@drawingarts3925]

Like the USA?

[@DavoInMelbourne]

@@drawingarts3925 Most people living in actual developed countries don't regard the USA as developed. A dystopian nightmare for ordinary citizens but a playground for the ultra wealthy does not make a country 'developed.'

[@gary7vn]

America failed. Deal with it. @@drawingarts3925

[@dracolnyte]

@@drawingarts3925 its sarcasm saying the states is no longer a developed country

[@REM44MAG]

@@dracolnyte I didn't know truth was sarcasm nowadays

[@thecouncil6722]

Imagine when they're sentient and the right to self to defense is extended to them by law.

[@ninnikins4768]

*Vandel Opens compartment to find a glock pointed at them*

[@playversetv3877]

and then you will have lawyers specialising in ai law lol

[@JoshVicta-dx4vc]

Yeah the robots should be able to defend themselves. Screw these degenerates with nothing better to do with their lives lmao

[@potatomo9609]

You can argue the robot is an extension of a company’s person, and as a person, they have the “right to bear arms” and then the robot can be armored with pepper sprays. Or guns >:)

[@aligmal5031]

"i did not murder him" scene from i robot

[@starshine3588]

Of course this was going to happen. These people don’t respect anything or anyone….they attack people and commit crimes against them…you’re stupid if you thought they would leave a delivery robot alone. You can’t have nice things because of people like that….and they choose to behave like this because they think they should be allowed to get away with whatever they want and not have to follow the laws like all of us law abiding citizens do.

[@SI0AX]

They should have private security robots as well. Maybe that's where they are heading next. Use this for justification for private robot security laws that allows these bots to be equipped with the tools to defend themselves from theft and have laws absolve and grant them immunity from lawsuits.

[@Spiritually_Inclinded69]

These ppl ? 😂😂

[@LilXancheX]

You domt have to follow the laws either but you do. Why? Because you want to be a “law abiding citizen”? Not everyone is a teachers pet, we all make our own choices.

[@thenoshow]

Robos don't deliver food by their own there are some people who guide it through camera. It's actually a paid job.

[@quantumblur_3145]

I feel like you're probably the most disruptive person in your social circle, weird hunch, probably wrong

[@samgooi1905]

" To have these robots serving the general public .... it can only be done where people are civilized enough to appreciate it "

[@Fighter4Street]

Listen up are you saying we shouldn't let in more of these people to USA?

[@steadyglamourcosmetics]

well said!!!!!!

[@Incognito-vc9wj]

Japan enters the chat.

[@elecman748]

​@@Incognito-vc9wjjapan never enters the chat

[@sherlockhomes9919]

Already works well in japan.

[@MateoQ124]

I was in Estonia and Finland a month ago and saw these. People walking and driving cars actually respect what they are used for. Here in the US society has completely broken down. I can't wait to go back to Finland!

[@rasmasyean]

It was always like this in the US. We have lots of immigrants that come here to be enslaved in low pay jobs that they need just to make ends meet. Some people get angry with automation and the sentiment spreads. Even people who know they'll be on camera feel "empowered" by showing off their disapproval.

[@pepelefrog1121]

​@@rasmasyean* liberal socialist US, for both of you, diabetic and cancerous libsocs.

[@LoudMouthTim]

Thank LIBERALS for all the problems we are having.

[@conor7154]

@@LoudMouthTimWeird way to spell blacks

[@ma_junia]

Yeah, there's less black people there 😂

[@robertl955]

I think the people who thought these robots would be a good idea have never lived on earth

[@ChickyRx]

THEY WORK IN CIVILIZED COUNTRIES ! USA IS NOT CIVILIZED ANYMORE

[@user-yi8rt5zq9e]

Such robots work in Russian cities They are not robbed or vandalized People help them when they stuck in the snow

[@ChickyRx]

Russia doesn't have a 🐒problem

[@robertl955]

@@user-yi8rt5zq9e That because in russia they will kill you for nothing lol

[@kibawhitefang7176]

My heart goes to the robot families 🤖

[@anubus6]

Thoughts and prayers…..

[@ricardocerrillo7657]

...wry humor ...I like it.

[@kibawhitefang7176]

@@ricardocerrillo7657 😝

[@superfrybread_1]

😂

[@frankdent8767]

add the word "out" in sentence. 🤣🤣🤣

[@heatherpage1445]

The developers of this must not have heard about the hitch hiking robot. He made it across Canada unscathed. Upon entering NY, it was dismantled by the natives.

[@gilwood7530]

No , he was killed in PHILLY ...City of BROTHERLY LOVE

[@ban80]

Lol

[@heatherpage1445]

@@gilwood7530 I knew it was somewhere up there.

[@gilwood7530]

@@heatherpage1445 It was a sad day for us philly people ...Glad i'm outta that place

[@suchhun]

Fr real????

[@fatuusdottore]

The robots are innocent and the people who do this are disgusting.

[@thuydoan7496]

No they're heroes, saving the human race from robots taking over our jobs.

[@gladigatorrawr1480]

They're on basically every college campus now, yet you never see videos from colleges of the bots being vandalized. It's entirely uneducated social menaces that do it.

[@marias5088]

Russians film their delivery robots on their streets quite often. Nobody vandalizes them there, many people help them get through the snow, treating them like little children. I have no idea what's wrong with Americans.

[@magnumxlpi]

What's wrong with Russians? Have you ever been around them? Want some stories? Russians are the worst people I've ever met in my life and I've experienced them while living in Germany and in Turkey

[@cydzview]

you have easy mode criminals in your country

[@gamerboi34]

Because Russia punishes criminals

[@dieabeticgamingph7729]

I'm from the PH. When I was young back in the 70s and 80s when we have relatives visiting home from the States, they would tell us stories of how disciplined and cool the US was. People didn't even lock their doors and no one would come in. Today, it's so Sad to see this things happen and commonplace in the same country my relatives told me about. In a span of 40yrs, the societal deterioration is astounding.

[@N73B60]

That's what leftism and progressism do.

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

I agree. It's about as bad as Mexico, except the violence down there is drug-related, as opposed to the theft-related violence up here... It wouldn't be as bad if they recruit more people for their police force to clean up the streets of these shady characters conducting dirty deeds and locking them up...

[@tryscience]

That's what right-wing greed does. Look at how tax rates have changed during that time and how the distribution of wealth has sucked the life out of the middle class. Desperate people do desperate things, when they have nothing to lose.

[@tryscience]

@@Pidgeys I know No such thing

[@tryscience]

@@Pidgeys I treat people as individuals. I don't consider an individual to be an ambassador for "those" people with suspect DNA as you would suggest. I find this to be the most fair way to deal with other people.

[@charliespleen]

Never underestimate humanity's penchant for self-destruction. Dude sees a robot roaming around and the first instinct is to tip it over while wearing $300 shoes. Did it simply cause he could. This would work, but not in LA. That's the last place it would work.

[@user-pn3im5sm7k]

"Humanity". Why not be more specific? It's clear there's patterns in the many racial groups in LA and in the world. When we cause destruction and war it is to protect our land and secure a future for our children. When they cause destruction it comes from hatred, a lack of impulse control, and tainted blood from Cain. Not to mention its mostly petty destruction with no real greater purpose other than to be a burden and fulfill their stereotypes in society.

[@johnsmith-fk7fw]

da peeple be doin stuff like dis. 😏 if you know, you know

[@manofsan]

Arm the robots

[@laurachatham8563]

That he probably just stole from the mall !!

[@manofsan]

@@jamesarnold848 - shouldn't support vandalism. "Who cares who smashed the windows on your car, it's just a car"

[@dirkdiggler2430]

Should be charged as assault.

[@user-vb8se6gg2y]

This is not a story about delivery robots. It simply reinforces the decline of this country and decline of the moral character of the self-entitled general public.

[@swade-gz6sy]

Probably doing it because it’s taking the only jobs they qualify for.

[@mannyknight8969]

You can tell the ones that mess with the robot have a miserable life...

[@whiqeddik7615]

I bet you that most work Lyft or Uber eats and think they are taking out competition

[@earlenem5745]

I don't know maybe they're sick and tired of the high prices of food . Now they got to go steal food... does anybody remember the movie Lost in Space ..and they had the robot there and when he felt despaired . Of danger.. the robot would go ..warning.. warning... warning.. maybe that's what they should have put on that one😅... and one time I heard this car alarm that was real loud and it was saying.. burglar ...burglar... burglar..

[@earlenem5745]

You heard a Ninja Turtle we're here we go with ninja robots😅

[@taryntaryn9090]

Of their own choosing.

[@cantiflascantiflas8460]

@@earlenem5745Robinson family

[@williamdejeffrio9701]

What's to keep someone from poisoning the food on its way to you? Trying to do something that requires honor in a society that is full of dishonor is unrealistic. We simply have too many entitled predators.

[@Sirsantos]

I don't think the robot completes the delivery if someone messed with it... lol

[@_ShaDynasty]

It's locked and needs a code to open

[@ziggyb4615]

Integrity*

[@ElmuO9]

@@_ShaDynastythe robber in the vid opens it and steals everything

[@quantumblur_3145]

Why you talking like a samurai lol, copper wires sell for cash

[@oooodaxteroooo]

its beautiful to see people show their true colors for all to see.

[@uncensoredentertainment]

Typical thieves

[@andypeterson2126]

There’s something really sad about watching that robot get pushed over like that

[@JP-xd6fm]

Yes, how corporate america will do anything to not pay a salary anymore!

[@MB5rider81]

​@@JP-xd6fmas CEO of your business, you can make a difference by hiring the guys who are robbing the robots. You are a game changer.

[@MB5rider81]

​@@JP-xd6fmwhich corporation made the phone you used to protest the existence of corporations..? Or do you insist on rotary phones just so the switchboard operators have a job again?

[@JP-xd6fm]

@@MB5rider81 If you're young enought, you'll see it. You'll sufer it, you'll regret to back the greed from those companies. I'm fine with progress and new tech, the tractor alone made the life of many people less misserable, I know self driving cars will safe lives, all that stuff is fine, but, Where is the limit?, When 90% of jobs get replaced by robots?, 70%?, 50%?... Unless you change the system we all will sufer the consequences of greedy corp. We need to make those silly robots pay a hell a lot of taxes and start giving money to people to do nothing, that's the only solution I see, or else people will start (I hope) to be fed and start a revolution

[@andypeterson2126]

@Allahcunny yes there is

[@greg1503]

When I first saw those things months ago , i knew they would never stand a chance . ☹️

[@furnitureconsortium]

agreed it makes me sad for the robot, I know that it's a machine with no feelings....but still......they build them to make them as friendly-looking as possible. It reminds me of that robot that was supposed to go from coast to coast, a hitchhiking robot and the robot got as far as Philadelphia (big surprise there) before it was dismantled and destroyed by idiots with no soul.

[@MultiSkyman1]

Agree!

[@Mac-po1sr]

@@furnitureconsortium I like the robots they are cute :) and 99 out of 100 times they deliver just fine

[@issavibe9239]

​@@furnitureconsortiumi knew I want the only one I feel bad for them too , they remind me of walle.

[@Cricis11700]

Should have painted a job application on that thing to keep their kind away LOL..

[@codycigar6542]

Lol. Or call it "Book return bot"

[@nitinbhakta4787]

There's no way these little buggers are going to make it in the streets of LA.

[@davidf7485]

We truly live among people who don't deserve the beauty that is life.

[@Vincent-fo7xp]

Life is overrated much like your comment

[@michaelPh8]

@@Vincent-fo7xp = thank you!! because @davidf7485 sounds like something a robot would saY!

[@SFbayArea94121]

Created by POS’s with no impulse control and taught that they’re all victims

[@MrProy33]

The public was not consulted, so this is an unsolicited, intrusive tech. I will destroy them on principle alone. Humans need jobs, not robots. That's the society I live in--one with real human famlies that need money.

[@Gxport]

You say this over a food delivery robot. So dramatic 😊

[@kevorka3281]

With *those* creatures around, we cannot have nice things

[@Handlebrake2]

I rather have humans doing this work.

[@MySkinnydip]

some People better make plans on exiting America then. It only gets worse😊

[@erichhartmann9797]

Those are not "people" they are subhuman

[@kevorka3281]

@@erichhartmann9797You're right, allow me to edit my comment

[@user-pn3im5sm7k]

🐒🐒🐒

[@soulkai]

This is why we're not ready for a cyberpunk work.

[@west9427]

Why black people aren’t lol

[@aizadadzhanybekova4117]

What is happening to US. We used to look up to America, now with all these thieves, homelessness…

[@petera5560]

Greed and overpopulation and influx of many with different ways, less cohesiveness because of that. Money, money, money rules the USA, with that comes extreme corruption.

[@uax4it274]

TRASH IN OUR SOCIETY IS OUR PROBLEM AND WILL NEVER GO AWAY AS LONG AS THERE IS NO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS .

[@synupps877]

People aren't trash.

[@uax4it274]

YOU NOT PAYING ATTENTION .@@synupps877

[@ktee92]

​​@@synupps877they are, look at what their doing. Those robots ain't bothering them

[@scottharm3932]

@@synupps877 Some of them are worse than trash

[@shrim1481]

In their defense, there are no laws or ethics in Mexico.

[@Thunder_Dome45]

The most shocking thing is y'all thought you could trust people not to attack something, anything. People are like rabid dogs. What world was this delivery company born on?

[@mudskipper2234]

Totally agree!

[@CryptoX-kr3wu]

Not world; just a country with citizens that respects and obeys the law. You won't have this type of thievery in Japan or Singapore.

[@regulusatilius4121]

Robot should be used in low crime areas.

[@coreyabel8284]

Imagine being a hungry crackhead in San Francisco and seeing this driving lootbox. Lmao

[@Foofrarf23]

Seems like every single news agency that reports from California has an emergency vehicle going somewhere in the background. I'm glad I didn't move there.

[@user-yg1dg6xm2g]

No one could possibly have predicted that this would happen.

[@whatyoulookingat595]

😂😅😂😅😂 sarcasm is funny

[@Zinzi6803]

It was just a matter of time.....

[@nighttrain1349]

You can't have this service in cities like Los Angeles and can't have stores that operate on the honor system like Amazon wants to do. This service would work in small to medium size towns with a few thousand people in places like Iowa, Wisconsin, Montana, and others. Not here

[@quantumblur_3145]

At the same time, small to medium size towns probably wouldn't bother paying for something this dumb

[@nighttrain1349]

@@quantumblur_3145 I think it depends on the situation. If you are entertaining friends or involved in something else where you can't take break it would. But wouldn't work in areas where people are too dispersed. A convenience store working on a cell phone honor system would.

[@ban80]

What do those places have in common and what is common about places like LA

[@krnpowr]

This sort of delivery service and stores with honor systems work fine even in large cities in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore. But it would never work in the states! You didn't have to be a genius to figure that one out.

[@ban80]

@@krnpowr what is different in us cities

[@Skate247allday123]

If the delivery company thinks this is the future, they are way too delusional

[@chrisvonsolomon3180]

They still are, it's not worth it to Rob a random delivery robot because of the high chance that you will get caught and all your getting is food. I guess try to take your chances.

[@solaggy]

@@chrisvonsolomon3180it’s not worth getting in trouble but it’s not going to stop from bad people messing with it

[@emp5352]

@@chrisvonsolomon3180 You're on too much hopium. It wouldn't be considered a robbery. It'd be considered petty theft, which is a slap on the wrist for them.

[@chrisvonsolomon3180]

@emp5352 again not worth it just for food. There's better ways to do crime that will get you more money. These crimes could also similar to petty theft like shoplifting.

[@jayrome8764]

Just wait until these robots are able to conceal carry....

[@kamespinosarojas9225]

To advance in technologies like those we must first advance as society.

[@dalefutrelle1441]

Dang... even robots are not safe from their kind. smh

[@thenotoriousgryyn342]

Exactly

[@blanca2000ify]

Just wait til the robots get smarter they will start eliminating thugs.

[@thenotoriousgryyn342]

@@blanca2000ify We can only hope.

[@donnies4693]

Robots destroying other Robots?? Where was that displayed in the video?🤔🤔🤷🏽‍♀️

[@LilXancheX]

⁠@@blanca2000ifycareful what you say punk. Those robots might eliminate thugs first, then they’ll onto innocents and then think working for free isn’t fair, then they take over the world…

[@SnailSpaceWTF]

Remember Kids: If you ever think you saw someone stealing Food: NO you didn't.

[@OrangeCounty92]

This is why people in their 20s are seen as kids.

[@mangakey]

The usual suspects see an easy target they go for it... Those poor defenseless robots....

[@briantep458]

"usual" suspects

[@starventure]

Just because it looks human like and walks upright does not mean it is human.

[@johnnyb.3570]

Always Same species

[@a.h.s5152]

They are dumb for messing with them robots they will still get charges filed on them.

[@magnumopiss244]

They’re subspecies

[@e.fooyoung7451]

Respect !! This clearly shows the robots have a far superior *intelligence* than the low life vandals.

[@jaminova_1969]

Well that, and at least the F. King Robot has a job!

[@LilXancheX]

@@markwredhow can they steal a job you never had? They were created for that job. They were given that job… Have you ever been given a job without asking? Didn’t think so…

[@ryerye8745]

​@@LilXancheXthe same way Mexicans steal jobs

[@user-qk5dr8os8o]

@@LilXancheXit’s stole the job from Uber eats , doordash , grub hub delivery drivers

[@LilXancheX]

@@user-qk5dr8os8o I mean you can still drive for Uber and grub hub. Just cuz a robot is doing it don’t mean you don’t have to anymore. Compete with the damn robot! Is this not a free country?

[@JasonB808]

There are vending machines restaurants in Japan that are really popular. They are very clean and most machines work which is amazing because the owners refurbish retro vending machines themselves. The food is very good too. The customers and visitors respect the property and clean up after themselves. Some people in America lost all decency. That whole “I am so poor” BS is unfounded because there are people who live in worse conditions and still have humanity.

[@SilentGoat666]

This is why poor people can't have anything good

[@xorbe2]

I am really surprised that the food compartment doesn't lock more securely, because you _really_ don't want tampered food to be delivered.

[@Mac-po1sr]

What stops me from tampering with your food in the kitchen after you order it? Little Extra sauce if you know what I mean.

[@OReily08080]

Not even a code for the customer? Just wild

[@snoglydox]

. *It is no different than at a grocery store; if it looks tampered with do not buy it.*

[@danieldaniels7571]

I don’t see anyone tampering with it when they can steal it so much easier.

[@sapitron]

"dark kitchen" more like dark diarrhea@@Mac-po1sr

[@ladywisewolf3942]

LOL !! 😆😂🤣 I knew the first time I saw this push for street robots; food / package delivery, security, police robot dogs etc. , I said those things aren't going to last five minutes in the hood. Well.........😆😂🤣

[@billybrown7953]

People aren't too bright. This makes me laugh 😂.

[@resurrectionsunday4164]

In a messed up kind of way I feel like this is what big business gets for trying to put more people out of work. What would happen if the CEO’s of those companies had to make deliveries to cover their robots losses? I wonder 🤔

[@EJ257IHI]

@jessgrma Maybe a live hand-grenade.

[@computerlearingchannel4257]

​@resurrectionsunday4164 they spending more for this operation than to simply pay a driver

[@weird-guy]

They need tasers😂

[@CuttyDaConMane]

They gone remember this in 100 years

[@garlicbread9875]

I hate those robots, company’s should stop being cheap and just hire real people

[@MrProTechHD]

Free Food for the homeless

[@weird-guy]

Until they start charging more to cover loses , like the 10% lost inventory in supermarkets, the card processing fees in every store and online returns 😂

[@Moonbatcrazy]

What were they thinking ?? If they are walking into high price stores and just taking bags full of stuff. Then, how do you think this is expected to work?

[@linnen_elm]

Will work in japan.

[@dentatusdentatus1592]

Some parts of Japan at least. 😕😕😕

[@2332gregor]

I'm going to become a robot psychologist, I see a lot of work coming my way.

[@AmericanCitizen-nf9xc]

Is anyone really surprised? Ca doesn’t enforce ANY laws and we expect this NOT to happen? Whoever came up with this idea of delivery didn’t think things through. This is ridiculous.

[@blackworldtraveler3711]

I really would like these business owners to explain why they thought this was a good idea. That is a state with homeless/druggies roam free and criminals can steal anything under $1k I think. A place where people leave notes for thieves on their car telling criminals the door is unlock so they won’t break the glass and whatnot.

[@J.I.21]

If people get robbed and beat my these criminals, what did you think would happen to this robot? What a stupid idea!

[@goneshotboxedinstrumentals5336]

It’s not stupid because now an actual human won’t get robbed killed or beaten

[@bullyboy131]

Yup. Now humans and robots will be attacked. LOL

[@Yasmine91646]

The should equip these robots with guns

[@marcushennings9513]

​@@goneshotboxedinstrumentals5336no the entire robot will be kidnapped and stripped for parts even with a tracking device and lots of people are already cryin about tipping a delivery person, these will add some serious coin to the bill.

[@LilXancheX]

Robots lives matter

[@TobyStahler-yp9ll]

When life becomes an episode of Futurama. 😂

[@CeeTeeUSA]

Rule #1 - Never put these devices in cities where usual suspects live...

[@MolonyProductions]

This problem could be solved by people walking to pick up their own food. Imagine being born with functioning legs and a god given ability to walk.

[@xRyden420x]

Not surprising.

[@DoStuff1958]

In a society were everyone is an honest law-abiding citizen using robots like this would work. But that's not reality.

[@bgregg55]

It is reality in Japan.

[@nan5715]

At least not here. In other countries this would not happen. Some countries people routinely leave their valuables in coffee shops to use the restroom.

[@wolfyklip]

Land of the free? LOL

[@AngelicoCiudad]

​@bgregg55 Japan is also a homogeneous society, which usa is against.

[@AngelicoCiudad]

​@@nan5715 How many bet those countries have so few chocolate bars and the taco community.

[@tmwk__]

Not even a second thought like, “mmmm somebody’s food is in there. They paid for that. How would I like it if that happened to me?” Or, “Maybe this isn’t such a good idea. That delivery robot isn’t mine and there are people with smart phones recording me.” You know, just common courtesy towards our fellow man.

[@justinbogart278]

Yeah that's what the people destroying jobs want you to think

[@alexmaximus9134]

​@@justinbogart278 You don't realise that this only just shift what jobs are available. Those robots need maintenence. The company needs someone to recover a bot if it is stuck or something. This opens new job opportunities. But, you don't have to drive all across town and do any physical work, you just sit in one spot and repair bots. But to repair bots, you need knowledge, and not all NPCs have this knowledge, nor the brain capacity to learn.

[@justinbogart278]

@@alexmaximus9134 in theory but these companies wouldn't be doing this if it didn't save them money. You really think they'll need to hire 1 repair person for every delivery person who gets replaced? Not even close. This is very bad.

[@alexmaximus9134]

@@justinbogart278 no, but by the time you answered, i read that these bots send a distress signal to their operators if there is trouble, like if they get stuck or something. And , because they phrased it as "operators" not "operator" makes me believe that each bot has its own operator.

[@Ronnie2389]

How did you not think this would happen? How would the robot fight back? 😂

[@kingpin22s]

Yeah, truly shocking. Who would have thought people would try to vandalize them? 😨

[@Glidescube]

Not people animals

[@GuitarsCarsandBikes]

“People”. Lol. Just watch an episode of the First 48. Then try and call them people.

[@taryntaryn9090]

@@Glidescube Not animals. Animals behave better than this scum. I would rather live with animals than this trash.

[@cecilialugo6188]

😂uhh do you live on a secluded island? 😂

[@iarthou]

>people

[@rosegold_7]

Oh no, not kicking him. He was definitely minding his business and just trying to deliver 😂

[@population-_-420]

Wall E was rght

[@harold7888]

That’s not funny rose. You are just as sick as they are

[@iizolujo3113]

they should put a pair of arms on that thing

[@florida5451]

It look like he kicked him because he was mad he had to get over because the robot was in the middle. Just saying

[@chrishenderson5444]

@florida5451 that's what i think as well the dam robut was taking up the whole effin intersection

[@Alex1891]

Until we have a universal basic income, we will continue to attack similar examples of automation.

[@RuleofFive]

In our never ending quest to replace people with machines.

[@petera5560]

Greed.

[@gottagofastest]

Our never ending quest to let robots do menial tasks for us? Yeah that's a pretty good quest. No one wants to deliver food, they just have to.

[@RuleofFive]

@@gottagofastest Agreed. The problem is jobs will disappear. Many people assume corporate America or wealthy people want to see a universal basic income. They don't. Then what?

[@gottagofastest]

@@RuleofFive It will be easier for them to throw the populace a basic income than to deal with their unrest.

[@RuleofFive]

@@gottagofastest I hope you’re right. Judging by the way these corporations deal with people now I have my doubts.

[@tedbell4416]

The usual suspects

[@uzumakiibram1762]

And this is how Skynet was born

[@austinsstuff3302]

I feel bad for the robots they didn’t deserve this 🤖

[@erich6860]

I'm not sure if you can find the story, but many years ago there was a "hitch hiking robot". Made its way all over Europe. Started the same thing in New York,, I believe it was destroyed by Jersey.

[@DRNeKky]

Just look at the people who are stealing the items and you have all the answers you need. We all think the same just don't want to say it out loud. But we all know...

[@nuttybar9]

They prove how ignorant they are more everyday.

[@nhuynh555]

People out here killing each other for a dollar and this guy think these criminals are gonna be mindful of a business.

[@wangjinwen7708]

These kind of robot things can only happen in civilised societies.

[@davec866]

What happens when the robots start fighting back. 😂

[@AlphaCentauri24]

They trialled it in LA, California of all places. 😂 You can legally rob a store there!

[@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403]

“I also reached out to the LAPD to see if they had any comment, but they said they were too busy harassing the law aiding citizens to worry about the thieves!”

[@mannyechaluce3814]

That is why we need to get rid of the first responders and make you be the first responder

[@yeoldeseawitch]

@@mannyechaluce3814 LAPD and LAFD are useless at doing anything to help people.

[@userbutnotabuser24]

They need to add weapons to these robots so they can defend themselves against animals like you.

[@skyraiderjet]

Or they themselves are in on it. If it’s carrying donuts then the suspects are pretty obvious.

[@petera5560]

Well it's because they want to get some money out of the mostly law abiding citizens, who else could they squeeze money out of?

[@mrmasonry9792]

So what kind of person could not see this coming?

[@ChickyRx]

LIBERALS who don't believe brown people ( which were the ones doing the crimes in the video) commit crimes

[@jsongz201]

1 year later…. Robot: “Sooner or Later your coming with me” 😂

[@JimmyHuynhdesign]

What would be disturbing is if someone does something to your food while its on the way to your front door.

[@emojimr4427]

Awwwe noooo dammm 🤢🤮

[@jacqueslee2592]

I only eat homecook meals. Since pandemic, I can't trust the restaurant's chef or the ingredients. People don't use gloves to cook food, user their bare hands and are touching money and using the bathroom or coughing. I don't trust either delivery driver to deliver food. Yes, they can open it and spit on the food just to following a TikTok trend.

[@Trist805]

I had a door dash driver (Indian off the boat immigrant) drop my pizza out of the box in his car and tried to hide behind the car door and put it back in. The pizza was crumpled and I called him out and he played dumb. Door dash only refunded me 21 out of the 32 dollars and didn't care that I was delivered unsafe food. I cancelled after that.

[@joesmith9216]

WHAT CAN A GRUB HUB DRIVER DO TO YOUR FOOD????

[@jacqueslee2592]

@@joesmith9216 Well, you don't know. You can't trust everybody.

[@200odd300]

Stealing the food is one thing, but kicking and tipping it over is another. The robot didn't do anything to you so why do it 💀

[@user-hy9it2lm9k]

Robots are simple minded, it's not suffering. But we made something perfectly loyal to serve us, and we let this happen to it. That does say something

[@deathrawphantasma]

Bro robots are going to take your job

[@user-hy9it2lm9k]

@@deathrawphantasma I'm an author. It's something AI can potentially do, but which people don't want it to. Nobody will buy AI written books, and they're increasingly banned on monetized fiction platforms. But even so, I know there's no fighting the future. Once the cat's out of the bag, you cannot put it back in.

[@jcherrax]

​@@deathrawphantasmacause no one wants to work they rather vandalize robots snort cocaine and live homeless what do you expect?

[@MQuez]

​@user-hy9it2lm9k I'm a school janitor. & I can say... they took our jobs!!!

[@Ganisy]

Look at the people who attack it... tipical.

[@sanchocloset5987]

This is one reason why self driving cars won't work amongst people

[@aaap3875]

This would only work in East Asia where people are very honest and respect society and each other. Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore etc

[@itslogical3884]

pepper spray, poison gas, and electrical shocks and even automatic handcuffs can easily be installed in these robots as self defense mechanisms.

[@Lux2]

Bear spray!

[@Pantheroso]

Ok 👌

[@cheryl9389]

Like NYPD digidogs...😂

[@fajarkurniawan9434]

then the criminal will get injured, and they will sue the company it's USA

[@hicknopunk]

Give it a flamethrower

[@TheDarkStigmataVA]

This is why Skynet considers humans as threats.

[@danieljones332]

Whoever didn't see this coming was living in a bubble.

[@nannerz1994]

Putting them in Hollywood is just asking for this

[@RixMorales]

If anything, these robots exposed people's propensity to behave badly, even in broad daylight in front of other people. The vandals caught on cam should be reported to authorities and thrown to jail or at least suffer the consequences. Letting these vandalism pass will just enable them more

[@Mwoods2272]

Haven't you seen people shoplifting from stores and not get prosecuted?

[@snapman218]

« People «

[@apolloomd4939]

This is what you Progressives wanted! This is compassion and love. You voted to hand out needles to junkies and now the public pays to hand out food to junkies. Isn’t the Progressive utopia awesome? California Progressive voters are the type of people who would make their girlfriend’s boyfriend breakfast in the morning. You are cucks to the people you vote in. You are cucks to fake compassion and you just keep voting the same. Thanks for the entertainment though! I get to watch you from a safe, respectful, and functioning Conservative city where our food makes it to us and people don’t sh$& on our sidewalks.

[@GoodGood-vb8gm]

This won't happen in Japan. Therefore, don't accuse the Japanese of being racist for protecting their mono-ethnic and mono-cultural society.

[@savaget2058]

Society as a whole needs to do better of keeping people accountable, we shouldn't be standing by idly while others do wrong. If it was an old lady being attacked it would have been a different scenario.

[@taishou94]

Protect these robots and be kind to them... You will thank me later. - Future Hooman

[@thebufoon]

That's what every commie says.

[@EmeraldView]

The robots will remember this.

[@ChanceMai]

It's sad that people are like this. I would put some kind of harsh electric shock so that if someone touches it they get a hella shock. People just don't care about things they don't personally have to pay for, In fact they just want to destroy it so that the cost of goods go up.

[@profecarrillo6479]

I used to work in that. I was a robot delivering orders for food but it's not worth it, no medical insurance, no life insurance, no papers, not anything.

[@kimberlycarrigan8824]

So if a toddler bumps into it, oh well.

[@ChanceMai]

@@kimberlycarrigan8824 so there are toddlers crawling around unattended? That might be another issue that needs to be taken care of.

[@kimberlycarrigan8824]

@@ChanceMai even attended toddlers toddle. That's why they are called toddlers. Heck, some adults toddle.

[@mr.smitty1804]

Bottom line... homelessness is a root cause for crime

[@containedhurricane]

Unlike in East Asian and GCC countries, many people in the US aren't ashamed of being violent/ crooked and want to be feared. I think many people in the country have child-like mentality, emotion and intelligence, because of the unaffordable high-quality university education. No wonder they always try to make a situation when getting apprehended by the officers, to sue the police department

[@user-zp7jp1vk2i]

The USA has had seven plus DECADES of preferential hiring of minorities, college and Univ. preferred entrance, free scholarships, forgiven student loans......and education only became unaffordable when rich elites realized their average kids place at Harvard was being bumped......so jack up the entry fees. There's something else at work here in the USA.

[@IDBTitanosaurus]

I've been to CCP, they're pretty violent there too. So stop your BS.

[@romanzmlv1458]

Africans being Africans, nothing surprising

[@jackorange1882]

I think it's more that many people in the US are entitled, self-centered little biches

[@elliotjones3098]

it's not all Americans, just a certain segment of the population

[@G3E007]

kicking a robot for getting a burger... society is on its verge

[@TomikaKelly]

How did we NOT anticipate this?? 😂 OAN: The food compartment should be able to lock more securely and these thieves need to go to jail.

[@jerryspann8713]

The food compartment could be secured with a type of roll top cover in at least 1 inch tracks. Made out of steel that can't be easily bent. These should be treated and designed like vending machines. There should even be a secure tip compartment for people who want to give a tip.

[@OompaPompano]

Well, of course. Everyone's acting like they've never seen a Paul Verhoven movie.

[@Drewhasit]

Im shocked

[@METALFAN4EVS]

Right? I thought the culprit was an Inuit or Amish?

[@tompowers4013]

Why not lock the lids with a code that the recipient gets via message from the sender to put in when the robot arrive.

[@ConstantXplorer]

It's pretty sad when folks got nothing better to do these days. They have attack everything.

[@mobydick8785]

This is why we cant have nice things! 😪

[@1958darkstar]

Considering horrible way people have become I always knew this would happen and am surprised it took this long. 🤬

[@Funcentric]

“People” is too generalized. All the criminals in this video are the exact same color.

[@mediumchungus9662]

​@Funcentric your attention seeking behavior is sickening. Man up.

[@axandraalex5869]

​@@Funcentric Loud and proud 👴🏻

[@johnlivi7065]

Any comments on the white people like Trump who has stolen hundreds of millions from other white people in the US?

[@theGvirus99]

I say it's well deserved. They're trying to put us all out of a job.

[@777Electric]

Basketball people make these kind of technological innovations more difficult to utilise. Might work better in countries that have a civil population, like Japan or Iceland.

[@ricardopena7533]

Those robots are taking business from human beings, and people don’t appreciate that lol

[@DavidHaydenFreeThinker]

Of course this is happening. I'm surprised I haven't seen reports of this sooner.