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Skild AI unveiled its latest look at a generalized brain for robotics. The company aims to provide a general-purpose brain, called the Skild Brain, that is capable of controlling diverse robots across ...

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If a robot is lying to someone, there could be an acceptable reason for it. There are lots of philosophical debates in research about the ways robots should fit in with society's social norms.

The Mobile Robot Lab team decided that this animal model would be a good place to start with their deceptive robots. Above, you can see a an example of robots imitating it.

For example, while for the group of people aged 21-30, the average score for the perception of the desire to have a robot as a companion is 3.6 points, for the group of people aged 60 and above ...

Their research uses examples of robots lying to people to find out if some lies are acceptable – and how people might justify them. Social norms say it can be okay for people to lie, if it ...