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"maff" |
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10 Jun 2006 03:32:11 AM |
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Trust me, I'm a robot |
Trust me, I'm a robot
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7001829
Jun 8th 2006
From The Economist print edition
Robot safety: As robots move into homes and offices, ensuring that they
do not injure people will be vital. But how?
IN 1981 Kenji Urada, a 37-year-old Japanese factory worker, climbed
over a safety fence at a Kawasaki plant to carry out some maintenance
work on a robot. In his haste, he failed to switch the robot off
properly. Unable to sense him, the robot's powerful hydraulic arm kept
on working and accidentally pushed the engineer into a grinding
machine. His death made Urada the first recorded victim to die at the
hands of a robot.
This gruesome industrial accident would not have happened in a world in
which robot behaviour was governed by the Three Laws of Robotics drawn
up by Isaac Asimov, a science-fiction writer. The laws appeared in
"I, Robot", a book of short stories published in 1950 that inspired
a recent Hollywood film. But decades later the laws, designed to
prevent robots from harming people either through action or inaction
(see table), remain in the realm of fiction.
Robots
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| User: "Vlad Dracul ." |
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| Title: Re: Trust me, I'm a robot |
10 Jun 2006 05:28:35 AM |
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"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Trust me, I'm a robot
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7001829
Jun 8th 2006
From The Economist print edition
Robot safety: As robots move into homes and offices, ensuring that they
do not injure people will be vital. But how?
IN 1981 Kenji Urada, a 37-year-old Japanese factory worker, climbed
over a safety fence at a Kawasaki plant to carry out some maintenance
work on a robot. In his haste, he failed to switch the robot off
properly. Unable to sense him, the robot's powerful hydraulic arm kept
on working and accidentally pushed the engineer into a grinding
machine. His death made Urada the first recorded victim to die at the
hands of a robot.
Predictions:
The heretic robot will burn in hell, for abusively exercising free will,
ignoring the sixth commandment and not accepting Kenji as his savior. Or
something like that.
Kenji, who died for the robots' sins, will surely find his place in heaven
as soon as he gets his Darwin award. He'll return to Earth someday and save
the robotic community.
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| User: "Pastor Kutchie" |
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| Title: Re: Trust me, I'm a robot |
10 Jun 2006 11:34:32 AM |
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maff wrote:
Trust me, I'm a robot
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7001829
Jun 8th 2006
From The Economist print edition
Robot safety: As robots move into homes and offices, ensuring that they
do not injure people will be vital. But how?
IN 1981 Kenji Urada, a 37-year-old Japanese factory worker, climbed
over a safety fence at a Kawasaki plant to carry out some maintenance
work on a robot. In his haste, he failed to switch the robot off
properly. Unable to sense him, the robot's powerful hydraulic arm kept
on working and accidentally pushed the engineer into a grinding
machine. His death made Urada the first recorded victim to die at the
hands of a robot.
Isaac Asimov was unavailable for comment.
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| User: "Tim McGaughy" |
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| Title: Re: Trust me, I'm a robot |
10 Jun 2006 10:14:38 AM |
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maff wrote:
Trust me, I'm a robot
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7001829
Jun 8th 2006
From The Economist print edition
Robot safety: As robots move into homes and offices, ensuring that they
do not injure people will be vital. But how?
IN 1981 Kenji Urada, a 37-year-old Japanese factory worker, climbed
over a safety fence at a Kawasaki plant to carry out some maintenance
work on a robot. In his haste, he failed to switch the robot off
properly. Unable to sense him, the robot's powerful hydraulic arm kept
on working and accidentally pushed the engineer into a grinding
machine. His death made Urada the first recorded victim to die at the
hands of a robot.
So what?
He's a moron who climbed over the safety barrier. It's a lot like
blaming a car for the accident when someone goes out and plays on the
interstate.
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