All of these are great ideas(Except for Max'), but please wait as I make the animation, It'll take a few mintues.
Done

You take the remote and push the button, the robot then sparks and pulls out a cannon of some sort out of its arm. You are now in control of this new ally. Then you read the letter.
To my dear grandson,
This week was a very tragic, the factory was shut down due to the low amount
of products being shifted. Plus, everyone left after that "incident" with the processing room, but I'll let you figure what's up by yourself. If you are reading this, you have notuced that the letter is strapped to a remote, that remote controls one of our great products, code-named S.p.a.r.k. (Smart Pal Automatic Robo Kore)
This nifty gadget could get you to places you haven't been to. But be careful, that Prossesing room contains a-
The rest of the letter is sogged out and is unable to be read.
EDIT: please vote for either going to the right of the building or smashing the truck.