(thx @m_pf)
PS: Hey New Scientist, what the hell is that weird robot dance supposed to illustrate at the end of the clip?
(thx @m_pf)
PS: Hey New Scientist, what the hell is that weird robot dance supposed to illustrate at the end of the clip?
Rules of robot human workplace interaction by Emily Dreyfuss.
(source: @bilalfarooqui)
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
A robot went out of control at the China Hi-Tech Fair 2016 in Shenzhen on Thursday, smashing a glass window and injuring a visitor. The robot that went violent is named “Fatty” and is designed for household use.
(source)
My old grandmother used to say, anything mechanical give it a good bash.
Humans have been hitting machines probably since they exist (as portrayed in this beautiful supercut by Duncan Robson)
The researchers—from ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories, Osaka University, Ryukoku University, and Tokai University, in Japan—patrolled a public shopping complex in Osaka with a remotely operated Robovie 2. Whenever somebody obstructed the robot’s path, it would politely ask the human to step aside. If the human didn’t listen, the robot moved in the opposite direction.
Over the course of the study, researchers found that children were sometimes all too eager to give the robot a hard time. Particularly when in packs and unsupervised, the youngsters would intentionally block Robovie’s way.
The tots’ behavior often escalated, and sometimes they’d get violent, hitting and kicking Robovie. They also engaged in verbal abuse, calling the robot “bad words.”
Source: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/children-beating-up-robot