The hopes and risks of bringing humanoid robots into our homes

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Asked whether early robotic deployment failures could cause a public relations nightmare for the entire industry, California Institute of Technology engineering professor Aaron Ames says, “Yeah, that is exactly the concern.” “I wake up every morning hoping I don't have a bunch of text messages from people saying that a robot hurt someone,” Ames told Horizons host William Brangham. According to Ames, who leads the Advanced Mechanical Bipedal Experimental Robotics Lab at Caltech, robots function through playback rather than intelligence, which creates safety risks. Horizons from PBS News, dives into the science, health, technology and environmental issues making headlines each week. Visit the PBS News website to watch this week's episode. Watch PBS News for daily, breaking and live news, plus special coverage. We are home to PBS News Hour, ranked the most credible and objective TV news show. Sign up for Here's The Deal with Lisa Desjardins: https://to.pbs.org/41q6E8i Subscribe for exclusive content in our newsletters: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/subscribe PBS News podcasts: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/podcasts Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS News at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6 Follow us: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pbsnews X: http://www.twitter.com/newshour Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/newshour Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/newshour/

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