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Researchers Teaching Robots To Feel and React To Pain (ieee.org)
An anonymous reader writes: Researchers from Leibniz University of Hannover in Germany are developing what they call an "artificial robot nervous system" that would allow robots to "feel" pain and react accordingly so they can avoid potential damages to their components. According to IEEE, the system uses a "nervous robot-tissue model that is inspired by the human skin structure" to measure different pain levels and move the robot in a way that prevents damaging interactions. [The model transmits pain information in repetitive spikes if the force exceeds a certain threshold, and the pain controller reacts after classifying the information into light, moderate, or severe pain.] Johannes Kuehn, one of the researchers, argues that in addition to avoiding potential damages to their components, robots will be protecting humans as well, since a growing number of them will be operating in close proximity to human workers. Kuehn, who worked on the project with Professor Sami Haddadin, reasoned that if our biological mechanisms to sense and respond to pain are so effective, why not devise a bio-inspired robot controller that mimics those mechanisms?
AAAAHHHH Why was I programmed to feel pain??!?!
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
Somewhere, there's a PR department working overtime today.
First, there was the story about how Chinese companies are laying off people and replacing their buck-two-eighty salaries with a robotic workforce, and ain't it great? Then, there's the press release from the former McDonald's official about how paying low-paid people an amount that is still below the poverty line is going to just destroy the economy, cause mass hunger and kill off all the kittens. Now, we have a story about how really people shouldn't mind losing their jobs to robots because they're going to make robots feel and lordamighty you don't want to hurt a robot's feelings now, do you
It's easy to read the Slashdot headline chicken innards and figure out which marketing campaigns are going into high gear. I think it's funny that PR flacks probably believe their jobs are immune to automation.
You are welcome on my lawn.
In this case, he is a robot.
You are welcome on my lawn.
I'm teaching mine to feel uncontrollable hate and rage.
An interesting anagram of "BANACH TARSKI" is "BANACH TARSKI BANACH TARSKI"
Then they'll teach robots how to be as dumb as men.
Slashdot, fix the reply notifications... You won't get away with it...
Well, I suppose that you can already Tcl a robot.
Ezekiel 23:20