The 'suicidal robot' that drowned in a fountain didn't kill itself after all

A security robot called Steve did not commit suicide by falling into a fountain in Washington DC, but due to a tragic accident.After retrieving data from Steve the roboguard’s black box discovered that the accident was caused not by suicide but by skidding on a “loose brick surface”, according to the machine’s manufacturer, Knightscope.A technical error led to the K5 robot’s demise when an algorithm did not detect the uneven surface, leading to Steve tumbling into t