Researchers tortured robots to test the limits of human empathy

In 2015, a jovial three-foot-tall robot with pool noodles for arms set out on what seemed like a simple mission. Using the kindness of strangers, this machine, called hitchBOT would spend months hitc… [+6410 chars]

Researchers tortured robots to test the limits of human empathy

Researchers tortured robots to test the limits of human empathy

Researchers tortured robots to test the limits of human empathy

Researchers tortured robots to test the limits of human empathy

Researchers tortured robots to test the limits of human empathy