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Laws of Robotics (mander.xyz)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 5 months ago (5 children)

This just reminds me I'm mildly irritated that robots in fiction have glowing eyes so often. Light is supposed to go into eyes, not come out of them!

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Robots or any part of an automated production line with a camera typically has a light as well to either see in low light conditions or to ensure it always sees with a similar amount of light hitting the lense.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Also, a lot of the machine vision systems I've run up against use red light, but it is kind of complex. If they want to detect say blood, I think blue light would actually give better contrast for detection.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They addressed this on the Orville. The glowing dots were not eyes. The droid had sensors that did all the work. The "eyes" were an aesthetic addition.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

"The last thing you need is more desert"

"Excuse me?!"

"As I cannot stutter, I must conclude that you heard me"

Isaac is one of the best parts of that show lmao

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

I really like the design of Assaultron from Fallout 4, they didn't have such issue because their eye is placed just above the glowy part, and the glowy part is the head laser that will one shot you.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

So long as the light isn't coming from BEHIND the lense then you can think of it being like a camera flash

Or just think of it as the power indication LED being made stylish

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

To be fair it makes it harder to tell where the cameras are pointed (assuming they're not wide angle lenses and they're trying to work similarly to humans)