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Amazon has launched on-the-road trials of its new delivery bot, but the autonomous device will need to get streetwise pretty quickly, if the Twitter response to it is anything to go by.<\/p>\n
The six-wheeled electronic device, about the size of a small cooler, was unveiled by the company weeks ago and is currently being trialed in Tacoma, Washington.<\/p>\n
Despite its cute name and bright blue shell, though, people haven\u2019t exactly warmed to the idea.<\/p>\n
Throughout the trial period, Amazon said the bot would only deliver during daylight hours and would be accompanied by a \u2013 human \u2013 employee.<\/p>\n
Which might be just as well, for the robot\u2019s sake, though some Twitter users reckon it might need more protective measures.<\/p>\n Amazon is proud to announce Scout 2.09, equipped with side mounted machine guns and the latest in racially-biased facial recognition software pic.twitter.com\/qwiw6bWNWT<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 James McCoull 🐝 (@Edamessiah) February 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n It probably comes equipped with tear gas, tasers, a radiation device…<\/p>\n \u2014 Murad (@muradspi) February 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/center><\/div>\n Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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