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These little guys or very similar ones wander the sidewalks of Mountain View freely.

Interesting, I'm sure somebody has made a Youtube video of them. Only been to MV once and that was before these were around.

(EDIT: of course, there's also an East Coast/West Coast, or at least an old city/new city issue here. Based on your experience, can you imagine them working in NYC?)

I assume such robots would get murdered/mugged in NYC, they're not appropriate for busy sidewalks and are about as conducive to other people as an elderly person on the sidewalk using a walker (without the human understanding of "this person is a bit inconvenient, but they have a right to be here")

Mountain View is a pretty relaxed suburb kind of vibe with closely spaced residences and lots of mostly empty sidewalks.

A snapshot of one in the wild:

https://imgur.com/a/hLbmRkB

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