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A drunken man arrested after kicking a Pepper robot
A drunken man arrested after kicking a Pepper robot in a fit of rage at a SoftBank Corp. store, police said.
Security footage shows the drunken Ishikawa kicking the robot, according to the police. Investigators said the damaged Pepper now moves slower and that its internal computer system may have been broken.
Drunken Kanagawa man arrested after kicking SoftBank robot | The Japan Times
“We are trying to put the human’s brain inside the robot”
“The operator can feel what the robot can feel, in terms of balance”
Tele-operated Humanoid with Balance Feedback by MIT Biomimetics Robotics Lab
Extract from this source
Robot dance is so poetic…
…until you see the interface.
Taking Blue Screen of Death to another level
Two deaths and 52 injuries were caused when the mechanical surgeon spontaneously powered down mid operation or made an incorrect movement.
In another 10.5 per cent of recorded malfunctions, electrical sparks burned patients, resulting in 193 injuries.
Robot surgeons kill 144 patients, hurt 1,391, malfunction 8,061 times
The Surreal Agony of Waiting for Robots to Do Something
The Surreal Agony of Waiting for Robots to Do Something
“Do something!” someone yelled.
What usually happened next, after someone would yell at a robot to do something, is the robot either did nothing, did something very, very slowly, or fell.
A robot wiping your face or wiping your face against a robot?
Via Boingboing
Meet Huggable Robot.
Are you feeling a little shy? That’s OK.
https://www.wired.com/video/watch/huggable-robot-befriends-girl-in-hospital