We all know the perils encountered by robots when playing aggressive bipeds - witness the game between Chewie and R2D2 in Star Wars.
(Let the Wookie win, when playing with Wookies)
These anonymous one-armed robots have figured out the solution - forget the wookie, and play one of your own kind.
(One-armed robots play Mensch ärgere dich nicht)
These robots are apparently playing Mensch ärgere dich nicht, which is supposedly like parcheesi and ludo. Unfortunately, I have no more information about these bots. Anyone?
Robot Janitors Get To Work
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Should AIs and AI Robots Demand Rights?
'This robot is a creature... It is a manlike being. Therefore, like any other talking, thinking man, he is entitled to a court trial!'