"Footage of the incident, which took place January 15, shows the robot sitting motionless on the tracks, seemingly making no attempt to get out of the way as the unmistakable blare of the train horn gets louder and louder. "Oh it's gonna crush it!" the onlooker taking the video can be heard saying moments before the train, operated by Brightline, flattens the unfortunate bot into the tracks. Sparks can be seen flying from beneath the train before the video cuts off."
"The onlooker, Guillermo Dapelo, told People that the delivery bot had been stuck on the tracks for around fifteen minutes before being struck, making the incident all the more puzzling. A nearby Uber Eats driver contacted the robot's owner, Coco Robotics, "to let them know where it was standing," Dapelo added, but evidently, the company wasn't able to fix whatever was plaguing its frozen minion in time."
""Safety is always our top priority, which is why our robots operate at pedestrian speeds, yield to people, and are monitored in real time by human safety pilots," Hansen told People in a statement. "Coco has been operating in Miami for over a year, traveling thousands of miles without major incidents, including crossing those same train tracks multiple times a day.""
An autonomous Coco Robotics delivery robot stalled on train tracks in Miami and was struck and destroyed by a Brightline locomotive on January 15. Video shows the stationary robot as the train horn grows louder and bystanders exclaim before the locomotive flattens the device and sparks fly. The robot reportedly remained stuck for around fifteen minutes; a nearby Uber Eats driver contacted Coco Robotics but the company was unable to resolve the issue in time. Coco vice president Carl Hansen attributed the incident to a rare hardware failure and emphasized safety measures including pedestrian speeds and real-time human monitoring.
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