Robopsych Podcast

Ep. 42 - Disney Robots Tom and Dr. Julie Carpenter talk about the latest news of Disney filing a patent for a kind of soft robot for their theme parks. Send email to tom@RoboPsych.com for a chance to win a softcover copy of Sexbots, Killbots & Virtual Dogs: Essays on Ethics and Technology by Dr. Michael LaBossiere. Entrants must live in the US or Canada. Disney files robot patent application Full line up of proposed Disney robots Push Trashcan robot Astro Boy Baymax of Big Hero 6 Bibendum, the Michelin Man Hanson Robotics Sophia robot on Jimmy Fallon Tonight show Julie’s chapter (Deus Sex Machina: Loving Robot Sex Workers, and the Allure of an Insincere Kiss) will appear in this forthcoming book, Robot Sex: Social and Ethical Implications Emotional Design, by Donald A. Norman Uncanny Valley Paro therapeutic robots Little girl mistakes hot water heater for robot Mountain View “engineer” assaults security robot