# Robot grabs; crushes man **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 2, 2015, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-grabs-crushes-man/724030 "2015-07-02T08:31:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-grabs-crushes-man/724030/21 "2015-07-02T23:12:50Z")
Oh, sure, people scrap hundreds of robots every day and nobody says a thing. But you kill just one human… > [@lorene](#): > > Has **Robot Arm** got an alibi? I was taking my grandmother to her weekly bingo game at church before going to my volunteer job for Meals on Wheels. Yeah, ask anybody. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-grabs-crushes-man/724030/22 "2015-07-02T23:46:56Z")
Where’s Will Smith when we need him? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-grabs-crushes-man/724030/23 "2015-07-03T00:35:12Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > But… Asimov’s first law. [“Come with me if you want to live…”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5JJ3ogJ574) > [@kopek](#): > > Where’s Will Smith when we need him? Spelling Jada with an “O”… ---
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-grabs-crushes-man/724030/24 "2015-07-03T10:49:15Z")
Just a probing mission. They are watching us to gauge our response. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-grabs-crushes-man/724030/25 "2015-07-03T12:58:15Z")
> [@davida03801](#): > > Just a probing mission. They are watching us to gauge our response. If someone programmed them with the phrase “take a chance” ------------ Now that could be so obscure a reference that even here no-one will get it ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-grabs-crushes-man/724030/26 "2015-07-03T21:24:35Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > If someone programmed them with the phrase “take a chance” ------------ > > Now that could be so obscure a reference that even here no-one will get it So that they will crush, maim, slaughter and generally exterminate people while belting ABBA tunes at maximum volume? You _ **monster!** _ ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-grabs-crushes-man/724030/27 "2015-07-03T22:13:06Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > I once took a tour of a large postal facility. The guide pointed out a robot cart that transported mail from one section to another, without a driver. “And it’s perfectly safe, because it’s programmed to stop when it senses anything in front of it. See?” And he stood there as the cart came closer, and closer, and closer… > > Finally, he decided to quit playing chicken with it and leaped out of the way. It never stopped. > > I always think of that when I hear how much safer driverless cars are going to be. But once the obstacle had jumped out of the way, not stopping is the correct thing to do. Had it stopped when nothing was there, \*then \*we’d know there was a programming fault. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-grabs-crushes-man/724030/28 "2015-07-04T00:31:46Z")
> [@JoseB](#): > > So that they will crush, maim, slaughter and generally exterminate people while belting ABBA tunes at maximum volume? > > You _ **monster!** _ Nope – even more obscure than that. But I will admit to liking your explanation just as much as the correct one. “Space: Above and Beyond”. Just in case anyone else was curious. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-grabs-crushes-man/724030/29 "2015-07-04T01:30:17Z")
see? this is how a real robot kill in real life. not just throw a person around. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-grabs-crushes-man/724030/30 "2015-07-05T23:59:58Z")
The man probably was asking for it, by wearing skimpy outfits that contained excessive metal ornaments. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-grabs-crushes-man/724030/31 "2015-07-06T17:34:40Z")
“I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I’ve still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission. And I want to help you.” ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-grabs-crushes-man/724030/32 "2015-07-06T18:56:54Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > I once took a tour of a large postal facility. The guide pointed out a robot cart that transported mail from one section to another, without a driver. “And it’s perfectly safe, because it’s programmed to stop when it senses anything in front of it. See?” And he stood there as the cart came closer, and closer, and closer… > > Finally, he decided to quit playing chicken with it and leaped out of the way. It never stopped. > > I always think of that when I hear how much safer driverless cars are going to be. There’s a video out there of a Volvo executive standing in front of one of their prototype cars, to demonstrate how the car will stop if it senses someone in the way. Only it didn’t stop. :eek: Fortunately, it looked like the car was driving pretty slowly, so the guy was probably OK. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-grabs-crushes-man/724030/33 "2015-07-06T22:04:19Z")
They say this was human error … yeah, the human error of getting within reach of a fuckin’ homicidal robot. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-grabs-crushes-man/724030/34 "2015-07-06T22:30:03Z")
They’re all homicidal. I’m sure your Roomba vacuum cleaner looks harmless enough. But just wait until it decides to smother you in your sleep. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-grabs-crushes-man/724030/35 "2015-07-06T23:00:48Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > They’re all homicidal. I’m sure your Roomba vacuum cleaner looks harmless enough. But just wait until it decides to smother you in your sleep. It’s actually cats riding the Roomba doing the smothering. Cats are in on it. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk4XB2wZqF4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk4XB2wZqF4) (youtube - cats riding roombas)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-grabs-crushes-man/724030/36 "2015-07-06T23:07:27Z")
No, it’s the Roombas that are pissed off because they’re being used to transport cats. You try doing your job with a creature that weighs more than you do on your back all day and see how you feel. You’d be homicidal too. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-grabs-crushes-man/724030/37 "2015-07-06T23:21:46Z")
> **[It's on: Japan accepts America's giant robot battle challenge](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/giant-robot-battle-usa-megabots-japan-kuratas/)** > > "We can't let another country win this -- giant robots are Japanese culture" More signs of the coming Skynet. The robots are going to battle each other - suuuuurrre! Last week, American company MegaBots Inc. issued an audacious challenge to Japan’s Suidobashi Heavy Industry, makers of the massive Kuratas robots. “Suidobashi, we have a giant robot. You have a giant robot. You know what needs to happen,” Megabots’ Matt Oherlein said in a YouTube video. “We challenge you to a duel. Prepare yourselves and name the battlefield. In one year, we fight.” The video featured Oherlein donning an American flag as a cape and showing off his company’s 12,000-pound Mk. II robot with a paintball cannon capable of shooting 3-pound paintballs at 100 mph. Sunday, Suidobashi released its own video, accepting the challenge – and upping the ante. CEO and creator Kogoro Kurata – wearing a Japanese flag cape, of course – responded, “Yeah, I’ll fight. Absolutely. But you know what we really need? Melee combat.” ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-grabs-crushes-man/724030/38 "2015-07-06T23:31:44Z")
Not sure teaching robots to use swords is a good idea. [http://www.iflscience.com/technology/watch-katana-wielding-robot-battle-human-samurai-sword-master](http://www.iflscience.com/technology/watch-katana-wielding-robot-battle-human-samurai-sword-master) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-grabs-crushes-man/724030/39 "2015-07-06T23:51:41Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > [It's on: Japan accepts America's giant robot battle challenge - CBS News](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/giant-robot-battle-usa-megabots-japan-kuratas/) > More signs of the coming Skynet. The robots are going to battle each other - suuuuurrre! > > Last week, American company MegaBots Inc. issued an audacious challenge to Japan’s Suidobashi Heavy Industry, makers of the massive Kuratas robots. > > “Suidobashi, we have a giant robot. You have a giant robot. You know what needs to happen,” Megabots’ Matt Oherlein said in a YouTube video. “We challenge you to a duel. Prepare yourselves and name the battlefield. In one year, we fight.” > > The video featured Oherlein donning an American flag as a cape and showing off his company’s 12,000-pound Mk. II robot with a paintball cannon capable of shooting 3-pound paintballs at 100 mph. > > Sunday, Suidobashi released its own video, accepting the challenge – and upping the ante. > > CEO and creator Kogoro Kurata – wearing a Japanese flag cape, of course – responded, “Yeah, I’ll fight. Absolutely. But you know what we really need? Melee combat.” These damn clever robots, they’ve they’ve enticed us into arming a soldier class of robot and giving it the authority to shoot at its own discretion. We’re DOOMED! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-grabs-crushes-man/724030/40 "2015-07-07T00:22:41Z")
Sounds like the beginning of _Christine_. There’s definitely a supernatural VW making it’s way to the showroom now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-grabs-crushes-man/724030.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-grabs-crushes-man/724030.md?page=3)