If one key aim of AI is to replicate the human experience, then perhaps this gives our robot devices the desire not just to excel, but to experience the joy of a holiday – leaving home to explore new places, gain experiences, and enrich their synthetic lives. So, is what I spotted in my home village of Merstham, Surrey – just outside London in the UK – a harbinger of more AI adventure travel to come?

In early September, a LawnMaster robot lawnmower had clearly had enough of the daily grind and decided to leave its garden environment for a free-wheeling road trip. After leaving a local property, the escapee mower was spotted by local resident Natalie Hurst while driving her car.

“I was turning right out of a side road and there was a car coming towards me very, very slowly – pointing at

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