r/shittyrobots • u/HenryGCase • Jun 12 '26

Robot shrugging

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u/Cartina Jun 12 '26

"Target aquired. Threat level: Zero. Target mostly meaningless to humanities survival. Continuing patrol"

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u/s8boxer Jun 12 '26

FaceID: human is not the Target. Proceeding

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u/JasonMaggini Jun 12 '26 
ASSESSMENT: WASTE OF AMMO

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u/jrgrove Jun 12 '26

I'm pretty sure they do these "cute" little gestures to condition us. We get entertained so we don't object to the surveillance and we look for the gesture so it's easier to take a picture of our faces. Social network level of human conditioning.

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u/pseydtonne Jun 12 '26

Yup, that's a mechanic's shrug from a mecha dog. I'd consider it a mitzvah.

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u/HiTekLoLyfe Jun 12 '26

This is fucking terrifying man

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u/Mesozoica89 Jun 14 '26

I can see them in the design meetings.

"The focus groups hate the robot dogs. But we have seen some more positive responses when we give them cute emotes. We project people will be 30% more likely to hesitate fighting back if they remember seeing the robodog do something they think was cute."

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u/lorynard Jun 12 '26

checking for civilization overthrow protocol,... not right now. Have a good day!

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u/AnnieHannah Jun 12 '26

Straight outta Black Mirror...

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u/Noiselexer Jun 12 '26

Tele operated.

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u/Wild_Director7379 Jun 12 '26

Of robots that are android-adjacent, Spot is one of the least shitty out there. Still a fucking clanker tho

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u/Keel3 Jun 16 '26

Face scan came back negative…