So California replaced people with robots once...

To prevent deaths on the freeway, Caltrans replaced road workers and inmates with robots that looked and worked like real people picking up trash. After a test phase, calls came in complaining about the glare they produced and even had evidence suggesting the robots caused accidents, so one day, they decided to paint the robots a matte black color.

The next day, half the robots called in sick.

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