Washington robot that died in fountain didn't kill itself

STEVE, the security robot that plunged into a Washington, D.C. fountain while on patrol, didn't commit suicide, after all. It turns out the roboguard was not a victim of suicide or foul play and instead took a tumble after skidding on a'loose brick surface,' its manufacturer said on Friday. Its Silicon Valley-based maker, Knightscope, said data from STEVE's'black box,' as well as video and tests, showed the unscheduled water stop was caused not by foul play or rain, but by an algorithm failing to detect the uneven surface, resulting in a skid. A security robot created by the company Knightscope was patrolling an office complex in Washington D.C. when it rolled into a fountain and met its untimely demise It was thought that STEVE threw itself into the fountain to ends its life. We now know his demise was just the result of a malfunction.