A dog walker has claimed he was attacked by a Co-op delivery robot with a ‘mind of its own’ after it rammed into his German Shepherd.
Brian Dawson, 56, said a shopping bot rammed into his dog Pippa while they were walking on the pavement near a Co-Op branch in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.
The robots are meant to be programmed to avoid collision but Mr Dawson, a Tesco delivery driver, said it went on to ram him in the leg, causing him to kick the droid to remove it ‘out of harm’s way’.
Footage from Mr Dawson’s neighbour’s doorbell camera, shows the shopping containing travelling at pace down the pavement before coming to an abrupt stop after colliding with the animal.
Infuriated by the crash, Mr Dawson shoved it onto its side which ‘triggered its alarm’ and made a ‘terrible racket’.
The ‘furious’ man told The Sun: ‘It came towards me at considerable speed and hit Pippa, who’s 12 and a bit doddery.
‘I thought, ‘I’m not having that!’ and admit I gave it a bit of a kicking before taking my dog home out of harm’s way.
‘I was furious and went back out to make a note of its serial number or QR code. But it came straight for me again and hit my left leg.’
