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When he is in close proximity to things he simply slows down to the point where there is no damage caused if he does bonk into something.
But what if it's absolutely unavoidable? What if he's barrelling down the hall at 100mph and one of the cats jumps out in front of him, trying to stare him down and intimidate him? Say his brakes have failed, how does he decide whether to swerve into the skirting or into your hairy hobbit feet?
These are important ethical concerns and it's a discussion that needs to be had.
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don't see why a robo-car shouldn't simply be an extension of the algorithms that allow Stanley to navigate around the dining chairs without hitting them.
They are like comparing an electric Bobby Car to a Tesla Model-X:
The robot vacuums use relatively simple logic, mainly a handfull of IR sensors and a processor--- I don't imagine the products are using anything much more sophisticated than an Arduino.
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I'm on my second autonomous robot Hoover (a Botvac 85) now, the first one burnt out a bearing due, I suspect, to a lax cleaning regime on the part of yours truly.
Stanley the hoover does bonk into things, but only at a very low speed - when he is in the hall for e.g. he tears down it at a tremendous clip, as he maps his environment with a LIDAR system, and can see that there are no obstacles.
I don't see why a robo-car shouldn't simply be an extension of the algorithms that allow Stanley to navigate around the dining chairs without hitting them.
When he is in close proximity to things he simply slows down to the point where there is no damage caused if he does bonk into something.
If bonking into something is going to happen he applies his brakes and ensures that the kinetic energy transfer is below a level which is "survivable".
He also poses something of an existential puzzle for the cats - should they be scared of him? Is he alive? Why is he pushing a slipper around the coffee table?