At the community tech fair, a robot waiter baptized my new sneakers with soda
I was watching a demo of these new serving robots (you know, the kind that carry trays). One mistook my shiny shoes for a target and veered right into me. It tipped over and soaked my feet in fizzy drink (which was cold and sticky, obviously). The team running it scrambled to clean up while I stood there dripping. Honestly, it was a pretty wild first look at how robots handle crowded spaces.