Scientists from the Human - Robot Lab at Tufts labs in Massachusetts , have trained robots to say no to human commands , if they believe a command is not a good idea . In a robot demonstration , the scientist asks the robot to walk forward off the table , the robot replies " sorry , I can not do that , there is no support ahead . " When the scientist asks the robot to walk forward again , the robot replies " but , it is unsafe . " When the scientist replied " I will catch you , " the robot processed the information and proceeded to walk forward off the table . The team of scientist have programmed the robots to first reject a request , and then reject a command from a robot if it has a good enough reason , using a series of logical steps .
Scientists from the Human-Robot Lab at Tufts University in Massachusetts, have trained robots to say no to human commands, if they believe a command is not a good idea. In a video demonstration, the scientist asks the robot to walk forward off the table, the robot replies "sorry, I cannot do that, there is no support ahead." When the scientist asks the robot to walk forward again, the robot replies "but, it is unsafe." When the scientist replied "I will catch you," the robot processed the information and proceeded to walk forward off the table. The team of scientist have programmed the robots to first understand a request, and then reject a command from a human if it provides a good enough reason, using a series of logical steps.