Robot Seized by German Police After Allegedly Groping Teenage Girl
defrost · hn · 2026-10-14
German police seized a robot after it allegedly groped a teenage girl, BBC reports. The unusual case, discussed on Hacker News, raises questions about physical boundaries and liability for embodied robots.
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