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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.

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Using robotic appendices to keep the elderly at work

Japanese researchers build robotic tail to keep elderly upright

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Stepped by an adult human

This tiny robot that looks like an insect can be stepped on and still continue to run afterwards.

Format VideoPosted on August 5, 2019November 26, 2023Tags abuse, insect, robots, slapmybotLeave a comment on Stepped by an adult human

“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.

[audience laughter]

Mark Raibert, CEO Boston Dynamics
Posted on August 2, 2019November 26, 2023Tags abuse, Boston Dynamics, Head, robots, slapmybotLeave a comment on “I’m not going to kick it, we’re not allowed to do that anymore”

A woman just called the robot a “fuckin dumbass” and told it to get out of her way

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No comment

/thx @algopop

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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?

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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?

Sun Yuan and Peng Yu – “Can’t Help Myself”

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Police robot

Because the solution to police brutality, racial profiling and gun violence is bringing a robot into the mix. :slow_clap:

Posted on May 7, 2019November 26, 2023Tags abuse, police brutality, racial profiling, robots, slapmybotLeave a comment on Police robot

A Roomba that screams when it runs into something

via ytCropper

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Posted on May 6, 2019November 26, 2023Tags abuse, empathy, roombaLeave a comment on A Roomba that screams when it runs into something

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