'Suicidal Robot' Apparently Had Enough of DC Life

 If you ever find yourself being chased by a mob of angry robots, find a set of stairs or, even better, a fountain. 

Less than a week after it was dispatched to an office building in Washington, DC, a Knightscope K5 security robot by the name of "Steve" tumbled down a set of stairs and into a fountain, where it was no match for the ankle-deep water, per the Washington Post. 

Onlookers, unsure how to help the robot as it lay unmoving on its side, displayed little sympathy Monday. "We were promised flying cars, instead we got suicidal robots," one Twitter user complained. "Steps are our best defense against the Robopocalypse," observed another.

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