MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (KGO) — Police arrested a man accused of being drunk and knocking down a robot that was built to prevent crime near Terra Bella and Linda Vista Avenue in Mountain View.
The 300-pound robot named K5 spins and occasionally whistles, so it’s hard to understand why someone would want to knock it down.
Meet K-5 —the droid taken down by an alleged drunk man last week. Don't worry, he's back on patrol 🙂 details @abc7newsbayarea at 11 pic.twitter.com/0qthDHONQq
— Tiffany Wilson (@TWilsonTV) April 25, 2017
“I think this is a pretty pathetic incident because it shows how spineless the drunk guys in Silicon Valley really are because they attack a victim who doesn’t even have any arms,” Mountain View resident Eamonn Callon said.
Police say Jason Sylvain, 41, knocked down the Knightscope droid while it was patrolling the parking lot, last week.
“I think this is probably a first for us, but we are no strangers to technology,” one woman said.
Patrons at Peet’s Coffee couldn’t get enough of the story. “I don’t think this is a fair fight, really totally unacceptable,” Callon said.
“I don’t know, it’s a funny situation,” Mountain View resident Guy Simoes said.
Another man said he would’ve arrested the guy or given him a ticket.
The robot referred to as K5 suffered some scratches, but it is back on the street.
The co-founder said it’s a testament to the technology that police caught the aggressor and booked in him jail.
Knightscope is the company behind the robot that ran over a toddler’s foot at a Stanford shopping center last year.
Since then, they’ve made many adjustments and just launched their first security droids out of state.
Police said Sylvain faces prowling and public intoxication charges.
Knightscope’s robots are nothing more than SURVEILLANCE ROBOTS!
“Each client – Stephens demurred when asked how many of the robots are currently deployed but said there were “a number” of locations across Silicon Valley – gets to decide what it wants to do with the data produced by the machine.”
“The software can set up a “whitelist, greylist, and blacklist” of license plates: the whitelist permitted at any time, the greylist only at certain times, and the appearance of a license plate that’s on the blacklist – a disgruntled ex-employee, or someone against whom a current employee has a restraining order against, for example – immediately triggers an alarm.”
“All the information is streamed to Knightscope’s cloud software and then streamed back either to the customer’s control center, or in some cases to a mobile app held by a human security guard.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/20/robocop-robot-mall-security-guard-palo-alto-california
Hahhaah
good man
look at all the idiots clamoring for their rights to be abused by a f-king robot
stick this dam thing in front of a Senators office and get him on his pedophilia schedule.. now were talking
hey Judges,, you want one of these out front of your house , right?
Yeah…but i betcha.
If that drunken azzhole wasn’t fighting the robot.
The robot could out drink him.
I’m glad the guy knocked the robot on its ass, but he should have worn a mask (and gloves, if he used his hands) when he did it. Alas, drunk people don’t often think of such things.
I BET HE WAS DRINKIN MY CIDER…………
Read this article before heading out this morning, thought funnier than he#! made my day! You Go! Drunk Guy! L’dMAO!
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““I think this is a pretty pathetic incident because it shows how spineless the drunk guys in Silicon Valley really are because they attack a victim who doesn’t even have any arms,” Mountain View resident Eamonn Callon said.””
Attacked a victim who doesn’t even have any arms???!!!???
Wha???!!! (Lost list for emoticons, but will try) :rollingeyes:
Oh well, !Go Drunk Guy Go! lol!
“The co-founder said it’s a testament to the technology that police caught the aggressor and booked in him jail.”
It’s a testament to the level of surveillance in play these days.
He shoulda run the b#tch over with a semi.
(Laughing!) Funny.
The same kind of funny as seeing a three pallet stack of New Coke in cans tip over back in the 80’s… We joked about “Catch the Wave” for a while…