6 of the worst robots ever conceived and built by mankind – DIGIT.FYI

The promise of robotics is indeed a lofty one a tireless worker, a loving child for those who cant conceive, a problem solver operating almost limitlessly beyond human biomechanical limitations.

Few of these aspirations have thus far been realised. In fact, based on the following what DIGIT considers to be the worst robots ever dreamt up we should, as a species, never again attempt to make another robot/abomination.

Last year, scientists in Japan developed a highly realistic looking robot child, named Affetto, which can detect changes in pressure via its synthetic skin, enabling it to feel pain.

Affetto is able to feel and distinguish between a light touch or a hard hit and, while this might seem cruel, the team behind the robot said it will help robots to understand and empathise with humans. Or, more likely, help them understand our deep love for hitting things.

Affetto has been equipped with a pain nervous system that is powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and custom skin tech that allows it to react to sensations using a variety of facial expressions.

Judging by the image, the scientists appear to have opted to make Affettos default expression, smug this is likely to make it easier to deploy the hard hits on the robots face.

A cushion with a tail that wags when its touched. The future is now. The idea behind it is stress relief. Ironically, it may achieve this as its so bad youll likely laugh the stress away as your cushion pointlessly wiggles in your lap.

Qoobo is a pillow-shaped companion that heals your heart. Best of all, it only costs roughly 90 more than listening to whale sounds for free on YouTube.

Ever been in the toilet and thought, man, that paper roll is getting dangerously low. I wish a robot could wheel a new one in here, no questions asked. Elegant, discreet, effective not even sure why Charmin is on this list.

For $30,000, you would think Sally would source, plant, cultivate, harvest, clean, mix, dress and serve salads. Alas, nay. Sally does but one of those tasks mix. Thats right, this is basically a Mr Frosty for rocket. Surely one of the worst robots in a list of worst robots.

Flexing its ability to read movement cues at a pace that makes humans look frankly pathetic, Janken will beat you at rock, paper, scissors 100% of the time.

Developed at the Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory in Tokyo, Janken is able to counter a move one millisecond before a human is able to complete a move.

Theres probably altruistic implications to the technology, but for now, it just feels like it exists to make us feel bad about ourselves.

1976 classic (yes, classic), Logans Run envisions a future where everyone has to die at age 30. The supercomputer that runs society also deems that the existence of Box a robot that keeps runners frozen in ice naked, essential.

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