Between that and the self-igniting fire pits, this mall sounds a lot like a Mario dungeon.

Right? Like - I’m not saying we need to melt the wanton droid down for its transgressions. But unless this person threw their child down in its path, it’s probably worth taking a peek at how this thing handled a fairly common situation. That’s really all I’m saying.

Yes, yes. Other minimally dangerous things exist and we tolerate them (by which I mean we constantly attempt to regulate them and make them safer). But that’s not really an argument for the introduction of any specific object to a space it never previously occupied. My (completely sincere) question is...does this…

Unfortunately, the robot said its camera fell off just before the incident, so there’s no video. Also, the toddler totally had a gun in his pocket that wasn’t put there after the fact at all.

I can see both sides. It’s not some lethal horror. But any 300 lb machine rolling around in public locations should have sufficient safety systems to stop before rolling over anyone.

Though... That’s not a “nasty scrape” by any definition of the term, and the danger is largely theoretical at this point - the machine…

I’ll wait for the video footage on this one.

Yeah, I mean if it were a problem, I’d imagine we’d have already heard something about it since it’s been in operation for at least 6 months.

Even if the kid ran out of nowhere right into the robot, if it then proceeded to run over the child lying on the ground, its safety systems are insufficient and need to be corrected.

The machine is not dangerous. The parent was not watching her child. That robot moves at a snail’s pace and attracts a lot of onlookers and picture takers. It does stop around humans. I suspect the child ran into the robot instead.

If I may throw another suggestion out there:

Or, you could turn it off. Since you’re not going to answer it anyway, it will prolong battery life a little. I was in a job interview once when the phone I was using at the time fell off the clip on my belt and landed on the floor. I picked it up and told the interviewer it was embarrassing, but the phone was off (I…

“They’re just assholes who won’t do it.”

Seriously, are people really this stupid? Is there anybody who really doesn’t know how to put their phone on vibrate or silent? You needed to write a whole article about it?

I am a male bartender and I believe that it is good advice for all people to not get so drunk that you are no longer in control of yourself and what might happen to you. I recognize my male privilege that I can more easily get wasted and toddle back to my sketchy neighborhood. But even so, I can be assaulted, mugged…

Qualification: I haven’t watched any of the new TG.

How was Chris Evans apparently so irritating as a TV show host but a long-time successful radio host? It seems the qualities that people are saying made him miserable for TopGear would be deal breakers as a radio host as well. I didn’t watch him or listen to him. I’m just asking as an outside observer based on what I…

...the world’s most popular motoring show...

No no no, don’t give postmortem praise to the CR-Z. It was shit. Honda’s Fit is a much better car, no? And their Civic Type-R is coming as well? Not to beat a dead horse, but an S2000 would be nice. Or team up with Tesla (they could use a little help) and create an S1000Kw.