Pipa’s owner admits to kicking the robot during the incident. The robot ended up taking revenge on the kicker.
The Starship transport robot is a sympathetic sight. The robot in the picture is not related to the case. KIMMO HAAPALA
Even in the streets of Finland, there has been a nasty incident in England with transport robots. The six-wheeled Starship transport robots are used in Finland, for example, in certain S group stores.
Brian Dawson, 56, said the transport robot attacked his dog Pippa by bumping into him. Pippa is already a 12-year-old senior German shepherd, so the collision of the robot could have seriously injured Pippa. About the scene reported The Sun.
– I did not accept the collision of the robot and I admit that I put the robot down before my dog and I continued home, Dawson says.
Dawson kicked away the robot that threatened Pippa.
However, the man was furious about what had happened and decided to return to collect the robot’s serial number or QR code for a possible complaint. The robot came directly towards the man’s feet and bumped into him.
– It should be programmed to stop when an obstacle comes in front. It seemed to have a will of its own.
With that, Dawson threw the robot to his side. As a result, the robot started to alarm and, in the man’s words, make a “horrible mecca”.
Dawson pulled the fussy puller back up, and let the cheeky robot retreat back to its headquarters. In Britain, transport robots are used by the Coop grocery store chain.
Coop did not comment on the case to Sun other than to say that they are maintained by the American company Starship Technologies. Starship did not respond to Sun’s requests for contact.