Encountering an autonomous crime-preventing security robot patrolling the Stanford (CA) Shopping Center.
The Idiot literally ran into the 300-pound, 5-feet tall, unarmed Knightscope K5 security guard as they both strolled through the Stanford Shopping Center. The communicative robot, which/who is equipped with security cameras and sensors to collect data, was developed in nearby Mountain View in the wake of the shooting at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School.
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."
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