[Big Talk Intelligence] Principle awakening! The robot "Xiaopang" hits people! Can we live safely with robots in the future?

"I saw with my own eyes that the fat Evolution robot at the booth next door was unmanned. It suddenly started running on its own, knocked down the glass wall, and injured passers-by. The onlookers were still shouting, 'The robots are causing trouble.'" A screenshot of the circle of friends attracted countless speculations and surprises. "Oh my God, the robots are going to become spirits, the robots are actually hurting people, and the robots are taking control of their own actions"!

On the afternoon of November 17, a wounding incident occurred at the High-Tech Fair. The person who wounded the person was not an ordinary person, but a robot. I was shocked to see this news!

The robot Xiaopang below is a robot used to assist in demonstrating projection technology. It moves at a speed of about 10 meters per minute, which is equivalent to the slow walking speed of an adult. In terms of appearance design, Xiaopang is 1024mm tall and looks like a tumbler, so that children or pets can prevent it from falling over. You can brake it by lightly pressing its head. In addition, there is an SOS button on the back of Xiaopang, which is easy for users to find and touch. You can brake it by pressing this button or opening the mask.

Looking at such a cute little fat dog, no one would have thought that it would actually "lose control"! During the exhibition, it suddenly crashed into the glass of the booth, which fell to the ground and shattered and scratched a spectator, causing his ankle to be cut and bleeding.

As a robot "specially developed for educational functions for children aged 4-12", many people feel that Xiaopang is too big and has extremely high lethality, so it is really worrying to ask it to accompany children.

This reminds me of a science fiction movie called "I, Robot". This movie depicts a scene where humans and robots get along with each other. The robots in the movie even have "emotions" and are even enemies of humans.

Will science fiction really become reality one day?

Such cases have happened abroad before: In 1978, the first robot-injured incident occurred in Hiroshima, Japan. A cutting robot in a factory suddenly became abnormal while cutting steel plates, and treated a worker on duty as if he were a steel plate. This was the world's first robot-killed incident.

In May last year, German automaker Volkswagen claimed that an employee at one of its factories in Germany was debugging a robot when the robot suddenly "attacked" and hit the employee in the chest, killing him on the spot. The employee was only 21 years old.

However, can robots really become spirits with their own consciousness and kill people?

The German robot killing incident sounds quite terrifying, but is it really the case?

In the case of German car manufacturer Volkswagen, the unfortunate accident was the technical and moral equivalent of a machine operator being crushed to death for not taking safety precautions.

Let’s look at the first robot-injury incident in China. How many people who watched the show reacted based on a screenshot of a WeChat Moments and a news headline, “Wow, a robot actually hurt someone. What will happen in the future?”

But the fact is not like that. From the official statement issued by the High-Tech Fair, it can be seen that it was actually because of improper operation by the exhibitor staff, who mistakenly took the "forward button" as the "back button", causing a robot used to assist in the display of projection technology to crash into the glass of the booth. The glass fell to the ground and shattered, scratching a spectator, causing his ankle to be cut and bleeding.

After seeing these cases, some people may worry about whether we can live safely with robots in the future.

With the advancement of technology, many industries have begun to use robots, such as the catering industry, which is close to us. More and more catering industries use robots as waiters for gimmicks and intelligent efficiency! However, the emergence of these robot-injured incidents has undoubtedly had an impact on the use of robots. robot The stores in the city have suffered a certain blow.

What if I go to eat happily and suddenly get splashed with water by a robot? What if the food is spilled on me and I can’t beat it? Slowly, I will lose enthusiasm for these stores that use robots.

There is a Japanese-style robot-themed restaurant in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which has a variety of robots. One day in 2007, the cooking robot fried the shrimps to a pulp. When the angry restaurant owner and his wife went to the kitchen to see what happened, the robot suddenly slapped the owner. Bang! It slapped his wife again. It seemed that it was very dissatisfied with the owner.

It was later found out that the "beating" robot failed because of interference from high-frequency electromagnetic waves near the kitchen, and it did not want to hit the boss on its own.

In fact, we found that most of these robot-related injuries were caused by machine failures or operating errors, or failure to follow regulations. Each robot is controlled by humans, some run pre-programmed programs, and some act according to the principles of artificial intelligence, but they are designed after all, and it is normal for errors to occur for one reason or another. If such errors are attributed to "robot consciousness", is it a deviation from the facts?

The existence of robots is undeniable. With the development of technology in the future, robots will become more and more popular. I believe that first of all, as robots gradually become popular, the technology for making robots will become more and more sophisticated, thus reducing the occurrence of accidents. Secondly, the robot industry also needs rules and regulations to regulate its development.

Finally, I hope the audience member who was injured at the High-Tech Fair gets well soon!

(Source: Internet)

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