Actually yeah, it's kinda scary if you think about it. If they ever do become successful in creating a true artificial intelligence. I don't believe they are that advanced yet, no matter what they claim. If you think about it, machines can't have morals, so like humans building on top of an ant hill, humans who get in their way could become collateral damage. That would be more likely than a robot freakout me thinks. But either way... doomed. XD.
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What's the speed limit of the parking lot roadway..?
I'd guess 5-25 mph?
Was it an automated tesla steamroller?
Was their robot made of papier mache?
The machines I work with are 98% repairable with a rudimentary knowledge of pairing wires and soldering..
These robot engineers can't fix a toppled robot?
This story is bullshit, there's video and screencaps in the link.
The robot tipped over and they're claiming it is DESTROYED?
You can see it gets tapped and falls over. Its head/arms and movement platform were not touched either by the car or pavement.
The body may have been dented by the impact, and insides rattled and damaged due to poor design more than the impact/fall imo.
Tesla should sue them.
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Here is a better title: Insurance scum left giant expensive robot toy on a busy road** on a tipping point and a car*** touched it. Because of that it fell on a lawn and now have dirt on an elbow.
** (it doesn't have proper markings for mix pedestrian/car use, so it's not a parking and should be used exclusively for cars)
*** A Tesla! Lucky!
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My daughter was dating a tesla and a robot at the same time, suppose i know which wedding im going too now ! :P
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Sure, the robot was in the roadway, but it was also completely stationary. The Tesla could and should avoided even the glancing contact it made. Offsetting penalties, repeat the down.
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Can someone post that image with Squidward from Spongebob saying "Future" ? :D
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Bloke that ran over didn't even try CPR. Didn't look like the Tesla made contact to me, I'd be checking that robots oil alcohol level.
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"this is a lesson for all you humans not to step outside the herd" - Elon Musk
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lol sounds more like PR for a Futurama movie but alright. When tech futures collide...
Also... self driving car crashing; robot out of line... they're not really making us want to get their sh*t, are they?
In other news, the drone industry is relieved that no drone was involved in the accident :P
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Tesla has found itself involved in yet another self-driving car accident – and this time, its victim was a $2,000-per-day rentable humanoid robot.
In what many are speculating was an over-the-top PR stunt, Promobot revealed one of its model v4 robots was ‘killed’ by a Tesla Model S on a Las Vegas street ahead of CES.
The accident occurred on Paradise Rd Sunday night as engineers transported the firm’s robots to the display booth.
According to Promobot, a number of robots were making their way to the booth around 7 p.m. when one of them stepped out of line and into the parking lot roadway.
As it did, it was struck by a Tesla Model S operating in autonomous mode.
The crash tipped the robot onto its side, causing ‘serious damage,’ Promobot says.
Now, with parts of its body, head, arm mechanisms, and movement platform destroyed, it cannot be put on display.
The firm says the damage is likely irreparable.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6566655/Oops-Autonomous-robot-struck-killed-self-driving-Tesla-Las-Vegas-ahead-CES.html
Presenting the future..
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