Study suggests that future robots in the home could be lethal
By Thomas Ricker 
posted May 7th 2010 8:24AM
posted May 7th 2010 8:24AM
posted May 7th 2010 8:24AM
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what the keck
@sedo epic photoshop win
@lookseehear It's Beautiful in its creepiness.
@lookseehear win
@sedo
Best photobomb evah!!
Man: "Honey, the Roomba... where is it???"
Wife: "I don't know?"
*Roomba slits throat with blades*
Man: "Oh God...Oh God!!!"
Man: "Where the f*** did it get the blades???"
...
We were warned... we were warned...
@sedo A pictrue is worth a Thousand Words!
@sedo
Best Article Pic, lol
@Plazmic Flame
"Have you seen this boy?"
"Goddammit for the last time--he's in the living room!"
@sedo
"The robot arm was programmed to use the bladed tools to stab and cut a silicone lump, a leg from a dead pig and the arm of a human volunteer."
"the arm of a human volunteer."
@shadowj0
WE DIDN'T LISTEN!!!
@shadowj0 It slit it's own throat?
"The tests involved a robot arm weighing 14kg and a 1.1m reach that was equipped with a variety of bladed household tools including a steak knife, kitchen knife, scissors and screwdriver.
The robot arm was programmed to use the bladed tools to stab and cut a silicone lump, a leg from a dead pig and the arm of a human volunteer."
Umm...who the hell volunteered to be stabbed by a robot?!
@sedo This picture made my day.
@sedo
This picture plus the intel/Maverick one are just too much win for one day!
@tekdemon
Damn! Forgot to add "her"... thanks!
*Roomba slits her throat with blades*
@sedo Observe the little girl's mechanical stare while she calculates the vulnerabilities of her targets.
@shadowj0
Oh god, and we have THREE Roombas...
@masta vaan
Just make sure they don't combine... a Roomba itself can be deadly, as seen in the above situation I mentioned. 3... may God have mercy. Combined... oh Lord, help us.
lol
hit the read link, "duh" is the only obvious comment you can get from that
@Datacide
This has to be the most stupid robot safety test. This is like saying cars are 100% lethal because if one hits you at 80mph you will die.
@Datacide
Not really, the article is about a safety system that would prevent robots from accidentally cutting humans if it was working with one in the kitchen or something. It works on a different principle, but try to think of that table saw that stops when you touch it with your flesh.
@NeoJew Congrats, at least someone read it.
@Lokno Read it. Still dumb. They say that robots using blades can prove lethal if the "prototype collision detection system" isn't on. Duh?
@NeoJew HUMAN VOLUNTEERS??!!
2 things...
1. Why the HELL would someone volunteer to test to see if a robot arm armed with a frickin butcher knife could stab them?
2. Umm...whetting their appetite??
@idiot There was a sick German who posted an add looking for someone willing to be killed and eaten, and guess what, he found a volunteer!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes
These people sure have guts!
They have a PLAN !
So Say We All!
@chandi Hope and change!
@bstump
It has happened before. It will happen again.
One of the best photoshops ever. Totally epic.
So could dressing your family like that.
So they heard of Asimov. I'm impressed !
Pit
From the bbc article: "The robot arm was programmed to use the bladed tools to stab and cut a silicone lump, a leg from a dead pig and the arm of a human volunteer. "
are you kidding me?
Who would volunteer to have their arm stabbed by a robot?
@safe travels
Yeah, I got a laugh from that bit. Of COURSE it's going to hurt people if you design and program it to do just that.
Apparently, deliberately commanding a robot to stab someone with a sharp object could cause them a serious injury.
@sockatume
I wonder who will program the robots in the future, will it be the same corporations which program our computers today?
I'd dare to ask what do you think, which company will program the first robot to stab a human? Apple, Microsoft other?
@ceteras I think we all know the answer to that one.
@sockatume
Yea I like how the article failed to elaborate on the human volunteer part.
There's a joke in here somewhere about an "iCutMyself"....
Best post ever
@Deathcommand +1 Brilliantly condensed in one word.
@Atkins
+2 to that
everyone clench your teeth and watch i-robot again.
Theys gun kill us all!
"New study suggests Earth is round."
Put that into a file labeled SHIT I ALREADY KNOW.
LOL!!1
That's why you never give your robot a knife my friends.
since when is a screwdriver a bladed household tool?
@mrqs I'll take a stab at answering that. The thing at the end of a screwdriver handle is called a blade because it's pointy and made of metal. People say ouch when you poke them with it.