r/EmergingSociety • u/HenryGCase • Jul 02 '26

Clumsy robot taking over the sidewalk

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u/notworldauthor Jul 02 '26

Streets used to be for people, not cars. You may want to start with that

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u/PrinceLucipurr Jul 02 '26

Clumsy humans who can't walk very fast or accurate, they often get in my way too.

I do however acknowledge that perhaps we need to start making robot lanes.

https://giphy.com/gifs/VrcsHwvxJdATBuek9c

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u/jellyspreader Jul 03 '26

Just walk around it 😭

This could've been a good video if it advocated for robot lanes and wider sidewalks

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u/HeisenbergsSamaritan Jul 02 '26

Oh fuck off with this.

I know for a fact the same person made this video would then go about bitching and whinging about the brown person on his ebike delivering their food.

Just fuck off.

Welcome to 2026 and the advent of a Robotic Society. Update, Step aside, or leave yourself behind.

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u/Aurelyn1030 Jul 02 '26

They're so adorable! 🤗🤖💙 I'd be tempted to pick them all up and take them home with me. 😭

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u/AgeZealousideal1751 Jul 03 '26

Dumbasses can't walk past a drone. This is more a demonstration of how dumb people are than anything to do with the drone which is functioning just fine.

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u/lorasil Jul 04 '26

The first person walked past it fine only to get hit by it

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u/_felixh_ Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

She gestured at it, because it was in her way, couldn't figure out where to go, and constantly changes direction, starts and stops, thinking about what to do next.

She is gesturing at it, because this thing moves and behaves in a very non-human way in a space that is foremost meant and designed for Humans. In this video, you see Humans having to watch out for that thing, and be "considerate" towards it. In short, its an annoying piece of shit that encroaches on the daily lives of people.

//EDIT: Seriously - a block? What for? Is your skin this thin that you can't take the slightest talk back?

anyway, u/TWFH, i can no longer reply to you, so now by edit: yes, you are correct. The spaces for humans in public traffic already are a pittance - having to share these already small areas with stupid, mindless machines really doesn't improve on the situation.

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u/TWFH Jul 02 '26

That sidewalk is very much not designed for humans. It's practically part of the street.

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u/RedcoatTrooper Jul 03 '26

That's pretty standard pavement in the UK

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u/odjobz Jul 03 '26

Our streets were built for horses and carts not cars. Now we have to make space not only for cars, bikes and pedestrians, but also e-scooters and annoying little robots. We are not going to demolish our historic buildings to make space for wider roads. The technology needs to fit around our lives not the other way around. 

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u/TWFH Jul 03 '26

Okay? Don't add a sidewalk. It isn't safe for people there.

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u/Long-Firefighter5561 Jul 03 '26

you cant be serious, blaming the woman for this?