Continuing the discussion regarding the abuse of robots we turn now to a recent lift research workshop conducted in Geneva, Switzerland, entitled – ‘Harming and Protecting Robots : Robotic Dinosaur Abuse’. Kate Darling (who is a ‘research specialist’ at MIT’s Media Lab) and Hannes Gassert (who is a ‘technology activist’ ) presented the workshop in which […]
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Abusing robots – current positions [part 1 of 4]
“The shocks are becoming too much.” “Please, please stop.” “My circuits cannot handle the voltage.” “I refuse to go on with the experiment.” “That was too painful, the shocks are hurting me.” The dialogue above may remind readers of Stanley Milgram’s disturbing (and now-classic) psychology experiments on authority and obedience (1963). But there’s a difference. […]
Using coffee grounds to give grip ability to a robotic hand
Folks at Cornell University figured out how to use coffee grounds and air to add gripping — grab this! grab that! — capabilities to a robotic hand. This video shows and tells how: (Thanks to investigator Margaret Tuley for bringing this to our attention.)
Adventures with a straw checkerboard paving robot
News (in the form of a published study) about straw checkerboard paving robots: “Dynamics analysis on transverse cutting mechanism of straw checkerboard paving robot,” Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions, Yu Ye, ShuFa Sun and JinHao Liu, 4(5), 2012, pp. 0439~0445. (Thanks to investigator Tom Gill for bringing this to our attention.) Straw checkerboard paving […]