Pho real? San Jose restaurant employees wrestle with attempted 'robot server kidnapper'
Briefly

In an unusual incident at Pho 21 restaurant in San Jose, a man attempted to steal a robot server on Saturday morning after asking to use the restroom. Surveillance footage showed him grappling with the robot as employees rushed to intervene. Despite the chaos, they successfully prevented the theft and called the police. The robot, valued at $18,000, was unharmed and remains operational, highlighting the bizarre scenario where a thief targeted an item that would have been virtually useless without special programming.
According to the restaurant's owner, the robot is valued at approximately $18,000 but would have been worthless to the would-be thief, as it requires specialized programming.
Surveillance footage captured a man who, after using the restroom, attempted to steal a restaurant's robot server but was thwarted by employees.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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