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
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Robot puppet theater
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.
Using robotic appendices to keep the elderly at work
Stepped by an adult human
This tiny robot that looks like an insect can be stepped on and still continue to run afterwards.
Wearable HMI device
“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.
Mark Raibert, CEO Boston Dynamics
[audience laughter]
As Walmart turns to robots, it’s the human workers who feel like machines
As Walmart turns to robots, it’s the human workers who feel like machines
To Walmart executives, the Auto-C self-driving floor
scrubber is the future of retail automation — a multimillion-dollar bet
that advanced robots will optimize operations, cut costs and
revolutionize the American superstore.But to
the workers of Walmart Supercenter No. 937 in Marietta, Ga., the machine
has a different label: “Freddy,” named for a janitor the store let go
shortly before the Auto-C rolled to life.
A woman just called the robot a “fuckin dumbass” and told it to get out of her way
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