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Photo by: Robotic Gizmos THIS ROBOT CAN BEAT YOU AT BADMINTON A group of students and professors from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China developed a robot that can play the sport badminton just like any amateur player. This robot uses cameras, motion sensors and a special navigation system. It was named the Robomintoner, and was created for competition. The UESTC team was given a task to create a badmintonplaying bot for the Asia-Pacific Robocon 2015, wherein the robots would compete against each other in doubles matches. According to Huang Xi, a student from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, "We were the only team who made this robot fully-automated. We are in the business of making clever devices. We might as well make it fully intelligent," This robot has become very popular in China. It played ceremonial matches against Dong Jiong, an Olympic medal winning badminton player. Recently, it competed against table tennis champion Wang Liqin. Photo by: Prog3 40 JULY 2016 Future Cities & Robotics
This Creepy Robot Is Designed Just to Stab People Photo by: Alexander Reben Biochemist Isaac Asimov has Three Laws of Robotics. The first law says, “A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm;” while the second law states, “A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.” But both laws are challenged by a roboticist from California who just invented a machine that purposely stabs humans with needles. For a reason. Alexander Reben from Stochastic Labs in Berkeley, California wants to join the ethical debate with robots but on a different light – by breaking the laws, he wants people to realize about the inevitable robot population that might harm us later in life. He does not intend to scare people with his robot either, which by the way, is only a black box with a mechanical arm. Nothing scary at all on first look, but when you place your fingers (for the fun of it) inside a pair of brackets, the robot is alerted of your presence and it starts pricking your finger until it bleeds. That’s it. He says, “No one’s actually made a robot that was built to intentionally hurt and injure someone. I wanted to make a robot that does this that actually exists...That was important, to take it out of the thought experiment realm into reality, because once something exists in the world, you have to confront it. It becomes more urgent. You can’t just pontificate about it.” Reben wants the people to start confronting the physicality of robots harming the people. He reiterates that it will raise a bit more awareness outside the philosophical realm, so he broke the robotics laws. He could have just chosen a robot that pinches the humans, right? But no, he wants it bloody. JULY 2016 Future Cities & Robotics 41
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