Video exhibits a meals supply robotic being struck and crushed by an oncoming prepare at a railroad crossing in Miami, on Jan. 15, 2026. (Guillermo Dapelo through Storyful)
A passenger prepare in Miami demolished a meals supply robotic Thursday night after the autonomous machine grew to become stranded on railroad tracks.
Video of the incident exhibits the robotic immobile at a crossing because the prepare bears down. Moments later, the prepare smashed into the robotic, immediately tearing it aside earlier than finally coming to a cease.
Witness Guillermo Dapelo, who recorded the video, advised information assortment company Storyful that he noticed the incident round 8 p.m. whereas strolling his canine within the space.
He added that the robotic had been caught on the tracks for roughly quarter-hour earlier than the prepare got here barreling by way of.
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A meals supply robotic is struck by a passing prepare at a railroad crossing in Miami, Florida, on Jan. 15, 2026. (Guillermo Dapelo through Storyful / Fox Information)
Within the video, Dapelo may be heard repeatedly exclaiming, “Oh, it’s going to crash it,” simply moments earlier than the collision.
Based on Dapelo, a close-by Uber Eats supply driver contacted Coco Robotics, the corporate that owns the supply bot, “to allow them to know the place it was standing and inside a matter of minutes the prepare approached and every thing else is captured on the video.”
FOX Enterprise reached out to Uber Eats for extra info.
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A meals supply robotic is seen stalled on railroad tracks in Miami, Florida, shortly earlier than it was hit by a prepare on Jan. 15, 2026. (Guillermo Dapelo through Storyful / Fox Information)
Coco Robotics, which fulfills supply orders for companions together with eating places, Uber Eats and DoorDash, advised FOX Enterprise that the robotic was not making a supply on the time of the incident.
Carl Hansen, vp and head of presidency relations at Coco Robotics, advised FOX Enterprise that the robotic “skilled a uncommon {hardware} failure whereas crossing railroad tracks,” calling the incident “extraordinarily uncommon.”
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A meals supply robotic is crushed by an oncoming prepare at a railroad crossing in Miami, Florida, on Jan. 15, 2026. (Guillermo Dapelo through Storyful / Fox Information)
“Security is at all times our prime precedence, which is why our robots function at pedestrian speeds, yield to individuals, and are monitored in actual time by human security pilots,” Hansen stated in a press release.
He added that Thursday’s incident represents one of many only a few points the corporate has encountered throughout its time working within the metropolis.
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“Coco has been working in Miami for over a yr, touring hundreds of miles with out main incidents, together with crossing those self same prepare tracks a number of instances a day,” he stated. “This was an unlucky and very uncommon prevalence. Whereas all {hardware} can expertise surprising failures now and again, on this case, we’re grateful it was a Coco robotic and never a car. We’re reviewing the state of affairs rigorously to make sure it doesn’t occur once more.”
