Welcome to a future of random autonomous agents lost in the wilderness. Are they considered wild life? Prey? Or just another Wall-E
Tag: empathy
People staring at laser cutters and 3D printers
(Source: https://vimeo.com/260751066)
After kicking robots for fun and test, now try to touch their nose
The Tragedy of Droids
Second class citizens of the Star Wars franchise
Pray for Robots
I’m guessing, like all of us, Pope Francis is concerned robots might one day take his job.
Robots to be used in UK care homes to help reduce loneliness
Robots to be used in UK care homes to help reduce loneliness
The robots’ limitations centred on their conversations feeling
superficial and lacking “richness”, users said. They lacked
personalisation and sometimes did not show enough cultural awareness,
and their head movements and hand gestures were sometimes distracting.
On a side note, this article is a text-book example on how to avoid speaking about the fact that capital prefers investing money in tech than to pay social workers.
Emotional education proxy
Proxy your child’s emotional education through Moxie, a cloud-connected gender-less desktop-size teal-colored garbage bin, which will most probably end up in the mountains of e-trash along with their Nabaztag friends.
American robots lose jobs to Asian robots as Adidas shifts manufacturing
American robots lose jobs to Asian robots as Adidas shifts manufacturing
The Adidas factories were part of a drive to meet demand for faster delivery of new styles to its major markets and to counter rising wages in Asia and higher shipping costs. […] Martin Shankland, Adidas’ head of global operations, said the factories had helped the company improve its expertise in innovative manufacturing, but it aimed to apply what it had learned with its suppliers.
Sensitive skin robot triggers awkward touching from humans
Kiwibots win fans at UC Berkeley as they deliver fast food at slow speeds
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