(source: @bilalfarooqui)
Suicidal Security Robot drowns itself in pool
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Could you kill a robot?
We have some indication that we can measure people’s empathy using robots, which is pretty interesting.
The less experienced you are, the less freedom the robot gives you
Watch out for the Tinder bots
Police say drunk man knocked down Mountain View security robot
Police say drunk man knocked down Mountain View security robot
I think this is a pretty pathetic incident […] because they attack a victim who doesn’t even have any arms
If you look like a robot, we are going to pretend you are… and hug you
Nurses don’t explicitly tell the patients Paro is a robot
“People are able to connect with this robot. It’s designed to behave in a way and interact with the person so that you want to touch it, you want to pet it, you want to interact with it. They have the same reaction that they do to any other cute animal or cute baby.”
Robotic seals comfort dementia patients but raise ethical concerns
Give robots ‘personhood’ status, EU committee argues
Give robots ‘personhood’ status, EU committee argues
The proposed legal status for robots would be analogous to corporate personhood
Let’s just give robots the rights to experience the same sociopathic behavior we gave to the corporations who build them.
/via Julian Oliver
Electromyography robotic hand
A robotic hand controlled by sensing the muscular contractions
in the arm of the user replicates the movements.