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posted by mrpg on Saturday July 21 2018, @10:46AM   Printer-friendly
from the obviously dept.

Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurd

The majority of robots are white. Do a Google image search for "robot" and see for yourself: The whiteness is overwhelming. There are some understandable reasons for this; for example, when we asked several different companies why their social home robots were white, the answer was simply because white most conveniently fits in with other home decor.

But a new study suggests that the color white can also be a social cue that results in a perception of race, especially if it's presented in an anthropomorphic context, such as being the color of the outer shell of a humanoid robot. In addition, the same issue applies to robots that are black in color, according to the study. The findings suggest that people perceive robots with anthropomorphic features to have race, and as a result, the same race-related prejudices that humans experience extend to robots.

Source: Humans Show Racial Bias Towards Robots of Different Colors: Study


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  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Saturday July 21 2018, @02:02PM (4 children)

    by Gaaark (41) on Saturday July 21 2018, @02:02PM (#710419) Journal

    I want a zebra robot, to blend in better amongst all teh normal white robots and the racists black robots.

    Ooooooo.... no...... a Where's Waldo robot. You'll NEVER find THAT fucker!

    Now where'd i put my keyboard. Oh, shit. yeah. It's on my head. Silly me.

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  • (Score: 2) by HiThere on Saturday July 21 2018, @05:48PM (2 children)

    by HiThere (866) Subscriber Badge on Saturday July 21 2018, @05:48PM (#710507) Journal

    How about paisley?

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    • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Saturday July 21 2018, @06:04PM

      by Gaaark (41) on Saturday July 21 2018, @06:04PM (#710512) Journal

      So long as there is NO country music associated with it, that's fine! :)

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 21 2018, @07:03PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 21 2018, @07:03PM (#710539)

      How about paisley?

      How about it?
      Fucking shithole of a place, really.

  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday July 21 2018, @09:04PM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Saturday July 21 2018, @09:04PM (#710570) Journal

    There's a robot from a game series I enjoy that I thought would be fun to cover in meta-material, so you can't see him coming.

    His name is Fisto.

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