I'm going to go out on a limb here and say the reason people "hurt" robots is precisely because people are putting robots up as "human-like" beings that can be "hurt" or "dehumanized" … they are not human nor animal.https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1089610268471160832 …
The Knightscope's are particularly...not even uncanny...just awful? I've seen children fucking with the thing at the mall by impeding it; waiting for it to swivel; impeding it; waiting for it to swivel; ...