Robotics researcher Chris Paxton: "I think we need to make the robots feel pain"
chris_j_paxton · x · 2026-11-13
Chris Paxton, a well-known robotics researcher, tweeted a provocative one-liner: "I think we need to make the robots feel pain." The post touches on questions of robot sensory design, safety feedback, and ethics in humanoid development.
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