Customers at a Giant Food store in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania witnessed the moment when a robot to improve in-store efficiencies strolled off the job and into the parking lot. 

A viral video published on Facebook shows “Marty,” a robot with big googley-eyes, escaping. The robot eventually had to be pushed back inside by an employee. 

A spokesperson for Giant told Harrisburg-based WHTM that Marty “was just on a fresh air break.”

The tall gray robot is equipped with multiple cameras and scanners, patrolling aisles for out-of-stock items. There was no explanation of why the robot ‘glitched’ and tried to escape. 

The video was also posted on YouTube. 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/LUVBjvLy6A0

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In the video’s comment section, one person joked: 

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