An experiment in a Japanese shopping centre, to see how people, especially children, interact with an autonomous robot.
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/children-beating-up-robot
Interesting article as are the comments afterwards, which include a wide range of commentary on human and ape behaviour, and also querying the ethics of the experiment.
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/children-beating-up-robot
Interesting article as are the comments afterwards, which include a wide range of commentary on human and ape behaviour, and also querying the ethics of the experiment.