Robots that beg for your spare change

MeterMan on May 2, 2021 at 1:49 am

Idea: Robots that beg for your spare change

Link: https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/2/17642868...

Like a starving animal or child, they seem hard to ignore. Christians beware! Well, proper ones that wouldn’t walk by on the other side of the road.

New study finds it’s harder to turn off a robot when it’s begging for its life

Link: https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/

Sympathy for the machine

Blinko on May 1, 2021 at 1:17 pm

Idea: Robots that beg for your spare change

Link: https://www.robotshop.com/community/blog/s...

Who could say no? Until they start hardwiring their circuits to get a buzz from the charity.

Robots Beg For Money, Humans Comply | RobotShop Community

Link: https://www.robotshop.com/commun

Among other things, robots can be made into adorable and pathetic little begging machines. The novelty and the sheer cuteness of a begging robot makes them quite effective and so far there are many sucessful examples. Gimme Gimme is a very pitiful and probably creepy looking robot. It simply follo

richb on May 1, 2021 at 10:45 am

Idea: Robots that beg for your spare change

Link: https://www.fastcompany.com/1677929/the-be...

putting the homeless out of business already, it seems.

The Beggar ’Bot: Highest-Tech Solution Yet To Charity Fatigue

Link: https://www.fastcompany.com/1677

There’s always a hand out-stretched begging for cash for a cause, it seems. But here’s a robotic one, attached to Little Red (Digital) Riding Hood. Will cuteness deliver more cash?