The Kiwibots do not figure out their own routes.
Instead, people in Colombia […] plot “waypoints” for the bots to follow, sending them instructions every five to 10 seconds on where to go.As with other offshoring arrangements, the labor savings are huge. The Colombia workers, who can each handle up to three robots, make less than $2 an hour, which is above the local minimum wage.
Kiwibots win fans at UC Berkeley as they deliver fast food at slow speed
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Of Course Citizens Should Be Allowed to Kick Robots
Of Course Citizens Should Be Allowed to Kick Robots
In one incident, office workers bullied an HR chatbot so terribly that management wondered if the workers should be fired.
Using robotic appendices to keep the elderly at work
Stepped by an adult human
This tiny robot that looks like an insect can be stepped on and still continue to run afterwards.
“I’m not going to kick it, we’re not allowed to do that anymore”
I know you think it’s a head, but it’s really a hand. […] I’m not going to kick it, we’re not allowed to do that anymore.
Mark Raibert, CEO Boston Dynamics
[audience laughter]
A woman just called the robot a “fuckin dumbass” and told it to get out of her way
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Mad scientist builds a robot to beat the crap out of him in a VR fighting game
Mad scientist builds a robot to beat the crap out of him in a VR fighting game
What better than to be punched in the googles by a robot you built yourself?
Can’t Help Myself
In this case, who is more vulnerable: the human who built the machine or the machine who is controlled by a human?
Police robot
Because the solution to police brutality, racial profiling and gun violence is bringing a robot into the mix. :slow_clap: