Robots Have a Diversity Problem – The New New – Medium
[…] not only are the majority of home robots designed with white plastic, but we also actually have a bias against the ones that are coated in black plastic.
Author: julien
Amazon warehouse workers in Europe stage ‘we are not robots’ protests
The conditions our members at Amazon are working under are frankly inhuman. They are breaking bones, being knocked unconscious and being taken away in ambulances. We’re standing up and saying enough is enough, these are people making Amazon its money. People with kids, homes, bills to pay — they’re not robots.
Zora, the Robot Caregiver
Meet Zora, the Robot Caregiver
“Patients have told the robot things about their health they wouldn’t share with doctors.”
Lots of great quotes in this article…
My roomba is scared of thunderstorms
My roomba is scared of thunderstorms
I was sitting at my desk just a few minutes ago, drawing, and a really loud crack of thunder went off–no power surges or anything, just thunder–and my roomba fled from its dock and started spinning in circles
I currently now have an active roomba sitting quietly on my lap
Hal was built to suffer. He is a medical training robot […]. No longer must nurses train on lifeless mannequins. Hal can shed tears, bleed, and urinate.
In three incidents, humans intentionally attacked a self-driving car, such as by hitting it, or climbing on top of it.
Waymo […] routinely encounters pedestrians who deliberately try to “prank” its cars, continually stepping in front of them, moving away and then stepping back in front of them, to impede their progress.
New study finds it’s harder to turn off a robot when it’s begging for its life
Gabriel2052
Gabriel2052’s library of motor movements will know what I’m turned on by, his fingertips ghosting across the back of my neck with the right force-per-unit area. His motorized parts will know how to spread goosebumps across my skin, and his sensors will detect when my breath quickens in response.
https://qz.com/1246712/im-building-a-robot-boyfriend-and-you-can-too/
What People See in 157 Robot Faces
What People See in 157 Robot Faces
If you want people to view your robot as intelligent, consider giving it eyebrows.