Machine that chooses whether to make you bleed sparks fears over a robot uprising

Science fiction author Isaac Asimov came up with the three'laws' of robotics in a story he published in 1942. The first of these laws says a robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. Now artist and roboticist Alexander Reben has developed the first robot that breaks this rule, by hurting humans in an unpredictable way. Artist and roboticist Alexander Reben claims he has developed the first robot (pictured) that hurts humans autonomously and in an unpredictable way. It is a'near certainty' that a major technological disaster will threaten humanity in the next 1,000 to 10,000 years.