Overview
- Video captured the device sitting on the tracks for roughly 15 minutes before a train struck it on the evening of Jan. 15.
- Witness Guillermo Dapelo filmed the scene in Miami around 8 p.m., with the footage later distributed by Storyful.
- An Uber Eats courier reportedly alerted the robot’s operating company to its location shortly before the collision.
- No injuries were reported, though rail safety groups warn that objects on tracks can create dangerous emergencies.
- Uber Eats did not provide an immediate comment, as experts note trains require long distances to stop and robots can be stranded by mapping or sensor errors.