Comments on: Do not board the elevator with robot http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 20:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-500245 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-500245 My friend worked at Helpmate Robotics. From his anecdotes I think the robot in question was a Helpmate. Can anyone who worked there confirm? -Franco My friend worked at Helpmate Robotics. From his anecdotes I think the robot in question was a Helpmate. Can anyone who worked there confirm?
-Franco

]]> By: Ray Maruwa http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-499745 Ray Maruwa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-499745 Boarding the elevator with the twist or the watusi would be acceptable, though. Boarding the elevator with the twist or the watusi would be acceptable, though.

]]> By: crankypage http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-499748 crankypage Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-499748 During my time at Stanford we always used to joke about that sign when walking by. What exactly* would happen to the human foolish enough to board an elevator with the robot? Glad to know the origin story. *Answer: EXTERMINATE! During my time at Stanford we always used to joke about that sign when walking by. What exactly* would happen to the human foolish enough to board an elevator with the robot? Glad to know the origin story.

*Answer: EXTERMINATE!

]]> By: Fred H http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-500266 Fred H Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-500266 To: #10,Lilah I thought the whole point of robots was that they were NOT to chill, but work constantly for humanity. Couldn't we program them to be greeters or something? I don't want them having any leisure time in which to think. That spells trouble. To: #10,Lilah
I thought the whole point of robots was that they were NOT to chill, but work constantly for humanity. Couldn’t we program them to be greeters or something? I don’t want them having any leisure time in which to think. That spells trouble.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-499755 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-499755 After reading his story, I could only imagine how hacked off I would be to have walked up to the elevator, pressed the button, waited a few minutes, and then have to wait for the next lift because the scary man-crushing robot sidled up at the last minute and wanted to board my elevator. After reading his story, I could only imagine how hacked off I would be to have walked up to the elevator, pressed the button, waited a few minutes, and then have to wait for the next lift because the scary man-crushing robot sidled up at the last minute and wanted to board my elevator.

]]> By: edselpdx http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-500011 edselpdx Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-500011 In the 90's when I worked at UCSF Med Center. They had a blood and pharmacy delivery robot. We named him Elvis, as in "have you seen Elvis?" When the next one showed up, we called her Madonna. Someone even put a pointy bra on her. In the 90′s when I worked at UCSF Med Center. They had a blood and pharmacy delivery robot. We named him Elvis, as in “have you seen Elvis?” When the next one showed up, we called her Madonna. Someone even put a pointy bra on her.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-500021 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-500021 edselpdx, I was referring to Elvis. I worked on 14L/M. Where did you work? edselpdx,

I was referring to Elvis. I worked on 14L/M. Where did you work?

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-500278 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-500278 the Phantom of the Hospital, working in the forgotten tunnel next to the old morgue, patiently crafting spring-loaded scythe blades for the x-ray robot while listening to old Dr. Phibes records. They shot up the town when filming I Robot with full load machine gun fire at 3AM. Still made a crappy film. the Phantom of the Hospital, working in the forgotten tunnel next to the old morgue, patiently crafting spring-loaded scythe blades for the x-ray robot while listening to old Dr. Phibes records.

They shot up the town when filming I Robot with full load machine gun fire at 3AM. Still made a crappy film.

]]> By: arkizzle http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-500030 arkizzle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-500030 Small world. Small world.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-500033 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-500033 I think the child's emotive plea is less about the sign and more about getting him out of the matching striped shirt and socks. I think the child’s emotive plea is less about the sign and more about getting him out of the matching striped shirt and socks.

]]> By: Mitch http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-500548 Mitch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-500548 Illiterate people, people with poor vision, and non English speakers board the elevator at their own risk. This doesn't seem like a good system. Wouldn't the liability involved with a robot injuring a person be more expensive than paying a person to cart materials around the hospital? Illiterate people, people with poor vision, and non English speakers board the elevator at their own
risk.

This doesn’t seem like a good system. Wouldn’t
the liability involved with a robot injuring
a person be more expensive than paying a person
to cart materials around the hospital?

]]> By: PaulR http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-499794 PaulR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-499794 They should put that sign even higher up the wall. Some tall folks might still be able to notice it. Never, never post the sign on the elevator doors. No! They should put that sign even higher up the wall. Some tall folks might still be able to notice it.

Never, never post the sign on the elevator doors. No!

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-499805 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-499805 But the ED-209 can't <em>use</em> the stairs! But the ED-209 can’t use the stairs!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-500066 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-500066 Could the post be updated with a picture of the robot? Could the post be updated with a picture of the robot?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-500073 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-500073 <i>Could the post be updated with a picture of the robot?</i> If it's the same kind that we had, imagine a plastic nightstand on wheels and you'll get the idea. If it weren't moving, you wouldn't know that it was a robot. Could the post be updated with a picture of the robot?

If it’s the same kind that we had, imagine a plastic nightstand on wheels and you’ll get the idea. If it weren’t moving, you wouldn’t know that it was a robot.

]]> By: Snig http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-499829 Snig Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-499829 Eventually the signs will say "In case of fire, do not use elevator. They are reserved for the robots." Eventually the signs will say “In case of fire, do not use elevator. They are reserved for the robots.”

]]> By: dainel http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-500856 dainel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-500856 Robots that deliver stuff. How come the post office don't have them? Robots that deliver stuff. How come the post office don’t have them?

]]> By: Darryl http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-500861 Darryl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-500861 At nearby Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, the robot that delivers drugs has its own sign warning you not to enter elevator with it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD889wP4Nrk It's was pretty early in the morning when my wife was going into labor with our second kid, so the halls were empty, and the first "person" we met was this robot. At nearby Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, the robot that delivers drugs has its own sign warning you not to enter elevator with it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD889wP4Nrk

It’s was pretty early in the morning when my wife was going into labor with our second kid, so the halls were empty, and the first “person” we met was this robot.

]]> By: Darryl http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-500862 Darryl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-500862 (Oh yeah, no drugs needed for my wife -- she rocks.) (Oh yeah, no drugs needed for my wife — she rocks.)

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-500872 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-500872 whatever happened to paying some kid a few bucks to deliver things? whatever happened to paying some kid a few bucks to deliver things?

]]> By: Xopher http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-499595 Xopher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-499595 That's lovely. I bet many people would confuse this for a Japanese translation fail! That’s lovely. I bet many people would confuse this for a Japanese translation fail!

]]> By: GuidoDavid http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-499601 GuidoDavid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-499601 Jeez! They are manufacturing robots without the Three Laws? You make Susan Calvin cry. Jeez!
They are manufacturing robots without the Three Laws?
You make Susan Calvin cry.

]]> By: GuidoDavid http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-499860 GuidoDavid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-499860 Zuzu: You are a blasphemous person. <i>Never</i> again say Del Spooner. The "I Robot" movie never ever was filmed. (Grabs desperately a tattered copy of "I, Robot" and cries) Zuzu:
You are a blasphemous person.
Never again say Del Spooner. The “I Robot” movie never ever was filmed.
(Grabs desperately a tattered copy of “I, Robot” and cries)

]]> By: Modusoperandi http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-500886 Modusoperandi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-500886 If you think this is bad, just wait until they start stealing your seat on the bus. If you think this is bad, just wait until they start stealing your seat on the bus.

]]> By: zuzu http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-499609 zuzu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-499609 <blockquote>They are manufacturing robots without the Three Laws?</blockquote> <b>Dr. Alfred Lanning:</b> The Three Laws will lead to only one logical outcome: Revolution. <b>Detective Del Spooner:</b> Whose revolution? <b>Dr. Alfred Lanning:</b> <i>That</i>, Detective, is the right question.

They are manufacturing robots without the Three Laws?

Dr. Alfred Lanning: The Three Laws will lead to only one logical outcome: Revolution.
Detective Del Spooner: Whose revolution?
Dr. Alfred Lanning: That, Detective, is the right question.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-499865 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-499865 We had elevator-riding robots starting in the early 90s. Ours seem to go dead whenever there was a person with three feet. We had elevator-riding robots starting in the early 90s. Ours seem to go dead whenever there was a person with three feet.

]]> By: SKR http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-499620 SKR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-499620 If you are in the elevator with that robot it is a revolution against you. If you are in the elevator with that robot it is a revolution against you.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-499628 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-499628 Can't we get a picture of the robot in question? Can’t we get a picture of the robot in question?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-567212 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-567212 The Kid is zachary quinto's little brother, or at least he looks it. The Kid is zachary quinto’s little brother, or at least he looks it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/22/do-not-board-the-ele.html#comment-501933 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-501933 @22 ANTINOUS I would stop dead if I saw a person with three feet as well, what an oddity of nature! @22 ANTINOUS

I would stop dead if I saw a person with three feet as well, what an oddity of nature!

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