World’s first robot hotel massacres half of its robot staff
The robo-doll interpreted snoring as a request it couldn’t understand, and thus woke guests continually through the night, asking them to rephrase.
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A self-driving car can choose who dies in a fatal crash
‘Hi-tech robot’ at Russia forum turns out to be man in suit
‘Hi-tech robot’ at Russia forum turns out to be man in suit
And why did the robot look like a person would fit perfectly inside of it?
Friendly guy with a hard power-off button
CIMON the ‘Flying Brain’ Has Arrived at the International Space Station | Digital Trends
He’s a friendly guy and he has this hard power-off button.
Robots have a diversity problem
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.
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.
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.