MrRING
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An interesting article assuming it's real: LINK
But about two months ago, while this particular Alantim was traveling around the city to research driverless car technology, an aggressor bashed its head with a baseball bat, as captured at the end of this video:
The sad news is that this Alantim could not be revived after the attack. But the silver lining is that its death inspired Olga Budnik, a spokesperson for the Muscovite tech hub Phystechpark, to create the world's first dedicated robot cemetery.
"Alantim was a really good robot," Budnik told me in an email. "It was supportive, always polite, always happy to see you. You know, like a pet. And [the cemetery] was an idea to bury it like a pet. Not disassemble or carry it to the trash. To say good-bye."
On October 31, Alantim's Earthly remains were placed at the Phystechpark cemetery site next to a box for collecting other dead robots. He was eulogized by another Alantim, who honored his dearly departed "brother" for being "very useful to your people and Russian science," according to a Russian-to-English translation of the ceremony as seen (HERE):