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japanese scientists develop 'blade runner' robot that can feel pain

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Child android Affetto reacting to tactile inputs

•Feb 22, 2020

"Bina 48 Meets Bina Rothblatt"

Hisashi Ishihara

This is a simple demonstration of Affetto, a child android robot developed at Osaka University in Japan. In this movie, Affetto shows wincing faces when the amplitude of the input signal added onto a tactile sensor exceeds a threshold. Simply that's it in the robot. Our focus is on how we recognize this situation and treat the robot looks like having the capability of feeling pain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlygZyYcI_A&feature=emb_title

https://www.designboom.com/technology/japanese-scientists-develop-hyper-realistic-robot-that-can-feel-pain-02-24-2020/