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Re:We won a CES robotics innovation award, then they took it... by forkLding on Thursday January 10, 2019 @07:23AM (#18873339)
It does match the definition of a robot as based on this dictionary's second definition: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/robot

There was also likely a long process for awards, its a pretty scumbag move to suddenly just not give the award/honor after announcing it, I can imagine my anger too if someone was going to give me an award and then not. CES is in the wrong here, they've been quite unprofessional.

The lady does sound a bit too dramatic but I imagine she is pissed, that's all.

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Re:We won a CES robotics innovation award, then they took it... by ericb on Thursday January 10, 2019 @08:18AM (#18873588)
When the reason for rejection is "obscenity" and they are letting exhibits play porn in the exhibit hall, I'd be pissed too.
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Re:We won a CES robotics innovation award, then they took it... by lawnchair_larry on Thursday January 10, 2019 @10:04AM (#18874280)
That wasn’t the reason though.
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Re:We won a CES robotics innovation award, then they took it... by ryanmercer on Thursday January 10, 2019 @10:21AM (#18874433)
>I can imagine my anger too if someone was going to give me an award and then not

Reminds me of the Miss Universe mix up with Steve Harvey and the Oscar mix up with Warren Betty except an order of magnitude worse.

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Re:We won a CES robotics innovation award, then they took it... by mc32 on Thursday January 10, 2019 @08:28AM (#18873645)
Awards get retracted from time to time, mostly political reasons. I think it’s silly. Once you award, you shouldn’t take it back, but it’s not unheard of.
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