A Robot That Harms: When Machines Make Life Or Death Decisions

Artist and engineer Alexander Reben says his is the first robot to autonomously and intentionally break Asimov's first law of not injuring a human being. Isaac Asimov inspired roboticists with his science fiction and especially his robot laws. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. Artist and roboticist Alexander Reben has designed a robot that purposefully defies that law. "It hurts a person and it injures them," Reben says.