The anthropomorphic looks and nature of this is ridiculous. Next thing you expect is Motobot stepping down of the motorcycle to shake Valentino Rossi‘s hand and blow up a bottle of champaign.
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A drunken man arrested after kicking a Pepper robot
A drunken man arrested after kicking a Pepper robot in a fit of rage at a SoftBank Corp. store, police said.
Security footage shows the drunken Ishikawa kicking the robot, according to the police. Investigators said the damaged Pepper now moves slower and that its internal computer system may have been broken.
Drunken Kanagawa man arrested after kicking SoftBank robot | The Japan Times
“We are trying to put the human’s brain inside the robot”
“The operator can feel what the robot can feel, in terms of balance”
Tele-operated Humanoid with Balance Feedback by MIT Biomimetics Robotics Lab
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Robots Are Going to Take Your Job—If You’re a Man
Robots Are Going to Take Your Job—If You’re a Man
Skills exhibited by intelligent machines are better suited to occupations currently dominated by men. […] In short, today’s typical women’s work is what will predominate in future. On a mass scale, this pattern may result in an involuntary shift in the division of labor,…
It seems the tough streets of Philadelphia were too much for a friendly little robot from Ontario. All the Hitchbot wanted to do was see the United States. But just two weeks after starting its cross-country journey in Boston, Hitchbot’s trip has come to an unfortunate end. Last night, the cute little robot was vandalized and apparently decapitated in the city of brotherly love.
Robot dance is so poetic…
…until you see the interface.
Taking Blue Screen of Death to another level
Two deaths and 52 injuries were caused when the mechanical surgeon spontaneously powered down mid operation or made an incorrect movement.
In another 10.5 per cent of recorded malfunctions, electrical sparks burned patients, resulting in 193 injuries.
Robot surgeons kill 144 patients, hurt 1,391, malfunction 8,061 times