Employees at a California pho restaurant stopped a would-be thief from kidnapping their $18,000 robot coworker last Saturday as the man awkwardly struggled to load the mechanical server into his car.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Employees at Pho 21 restaurant had an unexpected showdown with what could be considered an attempted "robot kidnapper." Surveillance footage from the South San Jose restaurant ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Employees at Pho 21 restaurant in South San Jose had an unexpected showdown last weekend with what could be considered an attempted "robot kidnapper." Surveillance ...

Employees at a US pho restaurant have stopped a would-be thief from kidnapping their $29,000 robot co-worker. Employees at a California pho restaurant stopped a would-be thief from kidnapping ...