A "depressed" robot in South Korea has "committed suicide" by throwing itself down a flight of stairs to its doom.

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The now-defunct robot was appointed a city council officer in August 2023 and was capable of calling an elevator and moving between floors on its own.

A city council official spotted the robot “circling in one spot as if something was there” before the incident occurred, according to French outlet Agence France-Presse. It was later found unresponsive and “smashed” to pieces.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/3064632/depressed-robot-commits-suicide/

Robot news coming in thick and fast.

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Scientists attach living skin to robots to make them smile

Scientists have found a way to attach engineered living skin tissue to robots so they can smile and have an "increasingly lifelike appearance".

https://news.sky.com/story/scientists-attach-living-skin-to-robots-to-make-them-smile-13161762

They saw Terminator and decided it looked like a good idea.