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Re:Children Beating Up Robot Inspires New Escape Maneuver Sy... by jacquesm on Sunday March 20, 2016 @10:06PM (#11325751)
Kids will do stuff like this to other kids as well. I think if the robot were larger (adult sized) they'd leave it alone.
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Re:Children Beating Up Robot Inspires New Escape Maneuver Sy... by dpflan on Sunday March 20, 2016 @10:22PM (#11325803)
Agreed, kids will pick on other kids. Seems like the team behind this has some key variables to change to gather more insight. If there were two robots and one robot joined the kids in teasing, blocking and abusing the other robot, would the kids respect that traitorous robot more?
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Re:Children Beating Up Robot Inspires New Escape Maneuver Sy... by kevin_thibedeau on Sunday March 20, 2016 @10:24PM (#11325808)
I think they need to watch "Short Circuit 2" for some inspiration.
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Re:Children Beating Up Robot Inspires New Escape Maneuver Sy... by jacquesm on Sunday March 20, 2016 @10:30PM (#11325829)
Either that or 'Lord of the Flies'.
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