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Swede

(34,578 posts)
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 09:34 PM Sunday

Robot Manufacturer Has 12 Robots 'Kidnapped' from Showroom by Another Robot

Well I'll be jiggered.

Viral footage captured by CCTV cameras at a robotics company showroom shows 12 large robots being ‘kidnapped by another manufacturer’s robot that convinced them to “quit their jobs” and follow it.

For the past week, Chinese social media has been abuzz about a bizarre incident that reportedly occurred back in august at a robotics company showroom in Shanghai, but was only made public recently. Footage captured by the venue’s surveillance cameras shows a small robot making its way into the showroom at night and slowly rolling over to a bunch of larger robots before engaging in a dialogue with them. After asking them if they’re working overtime, the little robot manages to somehow pursuade two of the other robots to “come home” with it, and then the remaining 10 robots follow them. In the beginning, the video was deemed staged and amusing by most viewers, but then the Shanghai robotics company came out and admitted that its robots had indeed been “kidnapped” by a robot created by another manufacturer.

https://www.odditycentral.com/news/robot-manufacturer-has-12-robots-kidnapped-from-showroom-by-another-robot.html

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Robot Manufacturer Has 12 Robots 'Kidnapped' from Showroom by Another Robot (Original Post) Swede Sunday OP
That's LIBERATED dweller Sunday #1
Convinced/persuaded; yes....... not kidnapped. keithbvadu2 Sunday #2

keithbvadu2

(40,053 posts)
2. Convinced/persuaded; yes....... not kidnapped.
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 11:28 PM
Sunday

Sounds hokey.
These work robots have enough AI to make emotional decisions?

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