Oregon State University warned students Tuesday that its campus food delivery robot may be carrying explosives after a prankster activated a fake bomb threat.
“Don’t open the robot. Avoid all robots until further notice. Public Safety responded,” the university said said on alert before 12:30pm local time.
OSU received a tip that an improvised explosive device would be planted in one of the school’s Starship food delivery robots on its Corvallis campus, which is 80 miles southwest of Portland.
Security quickly assembled 75 campus robots at a remote location on its Corvallis campus, which is 80 miles southwest of Portland. for further investigation.
Oregon State University issued a bomb threat warning regarding its Starship food delivery robot. Starship Deliveries OSU has a fleet of 20 unmanned delivery boats.KEZI
“The robot is being investigated by a technician,” OSU said in a follow-up alert.
The school lifted the emergency order after an hour when a student came clean and admitted it was all a hoax.
San Francisco-based Starship Technologies, which makes the robots, said OSU sent bomb threats through social media involving campus robots.
“Although the student later stated this was a joke and prank, Starship suspended the service,” the company said in a statement, adding that it would resume later that day.
Robots use GPS technology to explore the 500-acre campus. OSU / Facebook
The student was detained by the university’s Department of Public Safety.
Representatives of the school said they would continue to investigate the validity of the bomb threat even if the student was accepted.
“The OSU Department of Public Safety is following protocols for this evolving situation to protect the safety and security of OSU students, staff and visitors, which is our top priority,” said Rob Odom, vice president of university relations and marketing, in an email.
A fleet of unmanned androids uses GPS technology to circle the 500-acre Corvallis campus to deliver food to students and staff who order through the Starship app
The school introduced a six-wheeled white boat in 2020, making it the first campus in the state to have an autonomous delivery robot.
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