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The 11 weirdest things humans did to robots in 2024 (engineering & design) - C C - Dec 31, 2024
https://www.popsci.com/technology/weirdest-robots-2024/
INTRO: Robots have progressed over the years from clunky hunks of metal to complex, AI-enabled machines capable of running, speaking, and even painting pictures. But even with all those advances humans still can’t help but place robots in bizarre and uncomfortable situations.
This year, researchers took advanced robots and had them clean up karate-chopped Coke cans, suck up cigarette butts, wear a fleshy, lab-grown face, and pick up dog poo. Two-legged, humanoid robots, which could one day work on factory floors, were gut-punched and forced to wear festive clothes while performing acrobatics. Here are just a few of the oddest things we did to robots this year... (MORE - details)
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Pet-owner created a robot to autonomously scoop dog poop
https://youtu.be/nchw8_siDOM
Engineers forced this vacuum robot to suck up spent cigarettes
https://youtu.be/O8BqvAe-moI
Researchers had humans violently shake robots to test the limits of our empathy
https://www.popsci.com/technology/people-hurting-robots/
A humanoid robot painted an image of its ‘AI God’
https://youtu.be/XaZJG7jiRak
Researchers covered this robot’s face in ‘living’ human-like skin
https://youtu.be/p3DLgbOV9UM
Researchers mind-controlled a squishy robot using a mushroom
https://youtu.be/qRCtFsTqApI
A flexible humanoid robot crushed nuts and took punches to the chest
https://youtu.be/GzX1qOIO1bE
Robot surgeons used tweezer-like arms to operate on pork loins
https://youtu.be/c1E170Xr6BM
Google taught a pair of cute mini robots to play soccer
https://youtu.be/lrlhi1l16Nk
Scientists sent a ‘Robodog’ through radiated areas of the Large Hadron Collider.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1754853355480817794
Boston Dynamic made humanoid robots perform manual labor in festive costumes
https://youtu.be/_rFqD1Np5P8