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I was in Tallinn last September and saw a couple of these. They're pretty cute. One thing that bugged me was that when one of them crosses a street (using a ped

I was in Tallinn last September and saw a couple of these. They're pretty cute. One thing that bugged me was that when one of them crosses a street (using a pedestrian crossing), when it detects a car approaching, when it's in the middle of the crossing, it stops and goes back to the pavement it was on originally, instead of continuing to move forward, which would take either the same or even less time. What's the logic here?

polack 5y ago
It's "impossible" for such robot to have the situational awareness of a human. So probably a safeguard against it moving out on a place of the road where it isn't supposed to be.
- netizen-936824 5y ago
  Why? Can the robot not detect adjacent moving objects? Can it not detect how far away the other side of the street in? It sounds to me like it just needs better programming (and maybe more sensors?)
  - numpad0 5y ago
    Yeah it needs better programming aka general intelligence.
    - netizen-936824 5y ago
      Right, I agree. But I'm just challenging the notion of impossibility. It actually doesn't seem to be that complex of an issue as long as the object detection us solid ( coming from my biased perspective). Maybe challenging, but nowhere near impossible
    - TheDesolate0 5y ago
      Which is something you won't find at Amazon.
ejb999 5y ago
maybe they learned from squirrels how to behave when crossing the road and a car comes
- HeyLaughingBoy 5y ago
  "Nature's shittiest decision makers."
z3t4 5y ago
Imagine having your eyes folded and isolated head-phones that told you stuff like "car on right side approaching". Better to go to a known safe place, then to hurry into the unknown.
e_proxus 5y ago
I wonder what legal ramifications would be if you run them over while they’re on a pedestrian crossing. They probably wouldn’t count as human at least? Destruction of property?
- aeharding 5y ago
  It probably depends on the country you're in. Not because destruction of property has a harsher punishment, but because in many car dependent countries, such as the United States, killing a person with your car has become so normalized and accepted as inevitable that there's very little investigation of it and punishment for it. If you want to get away with murder, buy a car. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53856098-crash-course https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53856098-crash-course

polack 5y ago

It's "impossible" for such robot to have the situational awareness of a human. So probably a safeguard against it moving out on a place of the road where it isn't supposed to be.

netizen-936824 5y ago
Why? Can the robot not detect adjacent moving objects? Can it not detect how far away the other side of the street in? It sounds to me like it just needs better programming (and maybe more sensors?)
- numpad0 5y ago
  Yeah it needs better programming aka general intelligence.
  - netizen-936824 5y ago
    Right, I agree. But I'm just challenging the notion of impossibility. It actually doesn't seem to be that complex of an issue as long as the object detection us solid ( coming from my biased perspective). Maybe challenging, but nowhere near impossible
  - TheDesolate0 5y ago
    Which is something you won't find at Amazon.

ejb999 5y ago

maybe they learned from squirrels how to behave when crossing the road and a car comes

HeyLaughingBoy 5y ago
"Nature's shittiest decision makers."

z3t4 5y ago

Imagine having your eyes folded and isolated head-phones that told you stuff like "car on right side approaching". Better to go to a known safe place, then to hurry into the unknown.

e_proxus 5y ago

I wonder what legal ramifications would be if you run them over while they’re on a pedestrian crossing. They probably wouldn’t count as human at least? Destruction of property?

aeharding 5y ago
It probably depends on the country you're in. Not because destruction of property has a harsher punishment, but because in many car dependent countries, such as the United States, killing a person with your car has become so normalized and accepted as inevitable that there's very little investigation of it and punishment for it. If you want to get away with murder, buy a car. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53856098-crash-course https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53856098-crash-course