adventures in pet (robot) ownership

A few weeks ago, we set off for Yet Another COVID-19 Test (because we're participating in the ZOE study -- which, the official test sign-up now has an actual option for "I'm part of the study", apparently!) and eventually remembered, as we attempt to do, to run the smol pet robot fren, because it is Loud and it is nice to have it done while we are Elsewhere.

Unfortunately this frequently meets with deferred success, in that after a little while an app notification to the tune of "Endeavour's left wheel is stuck :(" pops up and there's nothing we can do about it until we get home, but sometimes it just works, and then... sometimes we end up in a Classic Pet Owner Situation.

The photo below is not staged. We got home and found it like that. It had got itself stuck, poor thing, and needed a rescue.

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