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"Literally tiny humans: the robot is programmed to run away from people who are below a certain height and escape in the direction of taller people." It's also
by dpflan 11y ago
"Literally tiny humans: the robot is programmed to run away from people who are below a certain height and escape in the direction of taller people."
It's also interesting that the children perceive the robot to be more human-like than machine-line, yet still they abuse it. Perhaps it is the simplicity of its behavior that makes is so easily abusable. If the robot were able to interact in a more complex way, perhaps like a child or an adult, asking questions or talking about other topics rather than having a single-minded goal of moving from A to B, the children would be slower to adopt abusive behavior.
- jacquesm 11y agoKids will do stuff like this to other kids as well. I think if the robot were larger (adult sized) they'd leave it alone.
- dpflan 11y agoAgreed, 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?
- kevin_thibedeau 11y agoI think they need to watch "Short Circuit 2" for some inspiration.
- jacquesm 11y agoEither that or 'Lord of the Flies'.
- slavik81 11y agoI'd guess the children are just testing its limits. They do that with everything. It's how they learn about the world.