Robot ‘commits suicide’ in South Korea

A city council in South Korea has said their first administrative officer robot was defunct after throwing itself down some stairs, with local media mourning the country's first robot suicide.

South Korea's Gumi City Council announced the robot was found unresponsive after having apparently fallen down a two-meter (six-and-a-half foot) staircase last week.

The robot had been seen “spinning in one place as if something was wrong” before falling two meters from the top of a staircase. 
“Parts of the robot have been collected and will be analyzed by the manufacturer,” an official with the city council said.

The robotic assistant, manufactured by a California-based startup called Bear Robotics, took on the administrative role at the council last August. The robot had its own employee card and worked from 9am to 4pm, transporting documents around the building, providing assistance to visitors, and otherwise promoting the city.