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The robot asked, "are you angry?" after knowing his contract would not be renewed.
Humans are always keen on technology, smartphones, tablets, robots to ease our daily workload. You might think the current technology is good enough to help us, but an experiment conducted in Scotland may make you think again how reliable technology is.
Fabio was the first robotic shop assistant "employed" a week ago at upmarket store Margiotta, in Edinburgh. It was developed by Heriot-Watt University.
It will greet customers and should give instructions to help customers. However, after Fabio has worked for a few days, it irritated and confused shoppers at the flagship store.
One time, a customer asked which aisle he can find the beer, Fabio answers, "It’s in the alcohol section."
Another problem it faces was the background noise in the crowded supermarket making it difficult to communicate to the customers.
The employees moved it from the aisles to a sampling role after its unsatisfying working performance. But the robot became too enthusiastic when being asked to hand out portions of pulled pork, which scared some customers to flee from it.
"We thought a robot was a great addition to show the customers that we are always wanting to do something new and exciting," said Elena Margiotta, who runs the chain of shops with father Franco and sister Luisa. "Unfortunately, Fabio didn’t perform as well as we had hoped."
Even the robot has tried its best to direct the customers to the items they were looking for, its employees were left no choice but let it go.