Overview
- Eyewitness video shows the robot motionless on the tracks for roughly 15 minutes before a Brightline train struck it.
- The incident occurred around 8 p.m. on Jan. 15 in Miami, and the footage spread widely online.
- An Uber Eats worker reportedly called the robot’s operator to report the location shortly before impact.
- Coco said the unit was crossing the rails when it suffered a rare hardware failure, noting its robots move at pedestrian speeds and are monitored by human safety pilots.
- No injuries were reported and the train continued, and the crash has renewed scrutiny of autonomous systems near rail lines following a recent Waymo-on-tracks episode.