Testing a robot designed to hit people

Pfft. 'Sif I'm gonna let a robot have all the fun

I hope they hook up an Arnold soundboard every once and a while. Oh wait, this is a kinder and gentler terminator...

Am I the only one that doesn't see the purpose? Why and who would buy a robot that hits people? I rather do it myself (Irony)

Thats wonderful!! Now criminals can have robots doing the dirty work for them!!

Am I the only one that doesn't see the purpose? Why and who would buy a robot that hits people? I rather do it myself (Irony) Humor is a valuable commodity, and I appreciate yours. But the intent of the article (just in case someone else didn't read it, I'm no implying that you didn't. ) is that any robotic application in close relation to humans needs to understand what can and can't hurt human beings. This science is pretty critical to ensure that human beings aren't injured when in close proximity to robotic implementations. My above joke post about the Arnold Soundboard aside, I think this... [More]

"Of course, there's good intent behind the mechanised violence..." Double-plus good! Yet another triumph of human ingenuity heralded by the Minister of Love.

Unfortunately everyone has a different level of pain tolerance. I can see the benefit to this sort of research, but in the end, it will be up to the robot just like everyone else, to fine tune itself once the upper safety levels have been marked. After all, sure, the robot can learn just how hard it has to hit to break bones, but people complain far below that level of force. I can see the lawsuits from the beginning stages of robotic entry to the office place now.

Some people on this board are just unintelligent. Sorry. Testing a Robot designed to hit people.. Robot designed to... hit people. These will be useful when our countrys turn into Police states.

Some people on this board are just unintelligent. Sorry. Testing a Robot designed to hit people.. Robot designed to... hit people. These will be useful when our countrys turn into Police states. Or when the sex bot industry starts to take off. Don't want a robot banging you to hard lol

Some people on this board are just unintelligent. Sorry. Testing a Robot designed to hit people.. Robot designed to... hit people. These will be useful when our countrys turn into Police states. Clearly you didn't read the article. Funny.