Evolution of robots
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How robots developed
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Mechanical automata → caged industrial arms (1960s) → sensing robots → service robots among people → autonomous systems deciding.
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How was early robot safety achieved?
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By separation — keeping people out of reach — not by the robot noticing them.
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What let robots leave the cage?
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Sensing. A machine that can detect a person can slow down or stop for them.
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What makes autonomous vehicles ethically distinct?
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The pedestrians and cyclists sharing the risk never consented, where a factory worker did.
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