Overview
- Video captured Jan. 15 shows the small autonomous courier sitting motionless on active tracks in Miami before a Brightline train struck it.
- Eyewitness Guillermo Dapelo said the robot appeared stranded for about 15 minutes; no injuries were reported and the train continued.
- An Uber Eats delivery worker reportedly alerted the operating company to the robot’s location shortly before the collision.
- Coco acknowledged the incident as a rare hardware failure and noted its robots are monitored in real time by human safety pilots.
- Coverage varies on attribution, with some reports linking the device to Uber Eats and others identifying Coco as the operator, underscoring accountability questions.