{"id":1196101,"date":"2023-10-25T11:14:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T15:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1196101"},"modified":"2023-10-25T11:14:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T15:14:20","slug":"do-not-open-robots-warns-oregon-state-amid-college-food-delivery-bomb-prank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1196101","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDo not open robots,\u201d warns Oregon State amid college food delivery bomb prank"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Enlarge<\/a> \/<\/span> A 2020 file photo of a Starship Technologies food delivery robot. Food is stored inside the robot’s housing during transportation and opened upon delivery. (credit: Leon Neal\/Getty Images<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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On Tuesday, officials at Oregon State University issued a warning<\/a> on social media about a bomb threat concerning Starship Technologies<\/a> food delivery robots, autonomous wheeled drones that deliver food orders stored within a built-in container. By 7 pm local time, a suspect had been arrested<\/a> in the prank, and officials declared there had been no bombs hidden within the robots.<\/p>\n

“Bomb Threat in Starship food delivery robots,” reads the 12:20 pm initial X post from OSU. “Do not open robots. Avoid all robots until further notice.” In follow-up posts<\/a>, OSU officials said they were “remotely isolating robots in a safe location” for investigation by a technician. By 3:54 pm local time, experts had cleared the robots and promised they would be “back in service” by 4 pm.
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In response, Starship Technologies provided this statement to the press<\/a>: “A student at Oregon State University sent a bomb threat, via social media, that involved Starship\u2019s robots on the campus. While the student has subsequently stated this is a joke and a prank, Starship suspended the service. Safety is of the utmost importance to Starship and we are cooperating with law enforcement and the university during this investigation.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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