Robot Goes Berserk in California Restaurant, Dragged Away by Staff After Smashing Tableware
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Humanoid robots are rapidly gaining hype, from battlefields to the factory floor. But there are clear growing pains when it comes to sharing spaces with our new automaton friends. Just this month, a video circulated online showing a robot being escorted away by cops after startling an old lady. Now, a different robot appears to have gotten carried away while performing a dance routine at a hot pot restaurant in San Jose, California. A video on social media shows the dancing robot knocking over tableware, smashing plates, and sending chopsticks flying. An orange apron the robot is wearing reads “I’m good” in big letters across the front, perfectly adding to the chaotic scene. Staffers at the restaurant were forced to intervene. One employee can be seen holding the robot by the scruff of its neck while navigating her phone, presumably searching the bot’s app for controls. In the end, it took three workers to restrain the robot, who …
