Bad Robocop? Crime-fighting robot hits, rolls over child at Silicon Valley mall

A security, crime-fighting robot allegedly hit a 16-month boy on the head and ran over him at a shopping mall in Palo Alto. Tiffany Teng told KGO-TV that she and her family were visiting the Stanford Shopping Center on Thursday when the robot, also known as an autonomous data machine, suddenly hit her son's head and caused him to fall to the ground. While still on the ground, the robot ran over his right foot, which became swollen, she told the news station. "He was crying like crazy and he never cries. He seldom cries," Teng told KGO-TV, pointing out her son also suffered a scrape. A security guard told her the same thing apparently happened to another child.