Robot-human contact demo sparks safety alarm: 'first robot killing would be our own mistake'
carlosdponx · x · 2026-09-30
ErenChenAI shared footage of a robot making close physical contact with a human, commenting that "the first robot killing incident would be from our own mistake."
carlosdponx responded that he changed his mind: normalizing this kind of robot-on-human contact is not good, reflecting growing community concern over physical safety boundaries for embodied robots.
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