Two Serve Robotics delivery bots rolled straight into a tense police standoff in Hollywood last week. They stopped inches from emergency responders tending to a man in mental distress. One lingered for three full minutes, until paramedics wheeled him away on a stretcher. The scene unfolded at 3:23 p.m. on April 23 near Cherokee Plaza. Half a dozen cops, firefighters, and medics surrounded the man. The bots—autonomous coolers on wheels—approached anyway. Like oblivious bystanders. One backed off after 30 seconds. The other didn’t budge. William Gude captured it all. He runs the X account Film The Police LA . In the video, he narrates: “There’s a standoff. Look at this.” Then, incredulous: “If I went that close, I’m getting arrested. If I went right there where that robot is, I am one hundred percent getting arrested. They can go over there, and I can’t!” Futurism broke the story, embedding Gude’s clip posted on April 23. Gude knows these bots well. He’s documented their mishaps across Los Angeles sidewalks.…