Tesla hits robot in vegas

[OVB1]

Enjoy.
Oops! Autonomous robot struck and killed by a self-driving Tesla in Las Vegas ahead of CES | Daily Mail Online

 

[csshih]

meh, looks like a pr hoax. why were they filming? why would they AP on an undivided road?

 

[whitex]

Nobody would engage Autopilot on that road (local, almost driveway road, car has to drive on left side, etc).

 

[HankLloydRight]

Such an obvious and poorly executed setup.



* pun intended.


It will only be a few hours until Tesla releases the logs disputing the event. If the choose to stoop that low by even responding.

 

[ckoval7]

I was gonna read the article, then realized it's "The Daily Mail" and knew it would be a waste of my time.

 

[f205v]

How can you possibly kill a robot? it's not alive in the first place.

 

[Ande]

That was a very little thought thru PR stunt;
Our robot products are so poorly put together , they are beyond repair once toppled

 

[HankLloydRight]

It sure looks "alive" in this photo:

Notice how all the photos and video are from "Promobot".

This just keeps getting better and better. Here are the two videos by Promobot posted on Promobot's youtube channel.

Someone in the comments noticed that right after the 'hit' behind the two trees to the far left of the video, you can see the rope they used to pull the robot down (right after the cab passes by). The car probably didn't even hit the robot.

And this video purports to be an "eye witness". Hint: Go back to acting class:

 

[Don TLR]

Looks like it was blown over by a gust of wind, I did see the rope used to pull it... How can an object be "Hit" and not move forward and outward in the direction of the impact.

 

[HankLloydRight]

Here's the rope. You can see it in several frames:

 

[bob_p]

If you slow down the video as the Tesla approaches the robot, it starts to move even before the Tesla reaches the robot.

Plus, if the Tesla did hit the robot, it's likely it would fall at least partially forward - no directly to the side.

Appears to be a staged publicity stunt.

 

[Derek Kessler]

I'm media attending CES right now and received the initial "press release" on this. I have never seen so much BS in a single email purporting to be legit. Normally I just ignore the masses of nonsense PR that come through my inbox, this is one of the handful of times I've told some PR flack to go screw themselves and to never email me again.

Here it is:

A Promobot robot was killed by a self-driving Tesla car

Press Release

A Promobot robot was killed by a self-driving Tesla car

Jan, 6 2019. A self-driving Tesla Model S hit and destroyed an autonomous Promobot the robot model v4 in Las Vegas in a car accident. The incident took place at 3000 Paradise Rd, Las Vegas.

At 7 pm the Promobot’s engineers transported robots to the Vegas’s Congress Hall to prepare their booth at the CES-2019. All the robots were moving in a line. But one of them missed its way and drove to the roadway of the street parking lot. At that moment it was hit by a self driving Tesla car.

Video: https://youtu.be/0s4nxcleVd0

After the clash the robot was pushed aside and fell. The car continued to move and stopped fifty meters away from the accident. The passenger who was in the car while driving explains that he decided to try a self-driving mode (Full Self-Driving Capability) and chose an idle area for this test.

“There was nobody there, no men, no cars. I switched this Tesla into a self-driving mode and it started to move. And wow! A robot on the track! I thought the flivver would come round, but it bumped straightly into the it! I am so sorry, the robot looks cute. And my sincere apologies to the engineers”, said George Caldera, a Tesla passenger.

As a result, the robot suffered serious damage. Parts of the body, the mechanisms of the arms, the movement platform and a head are destroyed. Now the robot is not able to take part in the exhibition and most likely there is no way to restore it.

The Nevada police came to the accident scene: https://youtu.be/J_CnFSDBwKI
This video is a property of Steven Smith, the witness, [email protected]

“Of course we are vexed. We brought this robot here from Philadelphia to participate at CES. Now it neither cannot participate in the event not to be recovered. We will conduct an internal investigation and find out why the robot went to the roadway”, said Oleg Kivokurtsev, Promobot’s Development Director.

About Promobot

Promobot is a manufacturer of autonomous service robots for business with development centers in Europe and Asia. Several hundred of Promobot robots operate in 26 countries around the world. They work as consultants, concierges, guides, administrators. They are able to be customized for the tasks of a particular business and improve the financial performance of companies, the quality of service and customer loyalty.

Promobot robots will be presented at CES 2019. At the exhibition you will meet the robots-consultants, concierges and even a robot that recognizes emotions. In addition, every hour robots will give a dance performance at the booth.


Please do not hesitate to contact us with questions or requests for additional information.

Best wishes,
Oleg Kivokurtsev: Development Director, Promobot LLC

Contact Information:
[email protected]
https://promo-bot.ai/

 

[brkaus]

Looks like a Russian company from the footer at the bottom of their web page. Gotta be real. /s

 

[MP3Mike]

I guess it slipped by all of us that Tesla released the FSD feature set. How did that happen?

 

[TrevTremaine]

I've seen better acting from people jumping on the hood of cars that were already stopped and acting like they've been injured.

 

[Jrzapata]

The robot wars of 2019 has begun.

 

[DukeofURL]

INAL, but that press release sure seems libelous to me. Especially that it quotes a specific feature that doesn’t yet exist.

 

[croman]

so wait? My car can kill robots? Awesome. I loved my Tesla before I knew this but I'm definitely keeping it for the next 20 years as a guard car.

 

[byeLT4]

I was skimming through this at work and was like"OH WOW!" But now that I'm home and have a chance to actually look at the vid I'm like "Oh.....wow...." .

 

[bob_p]

Musk may have FSD enabled for his car...