Amazon was just granted a new patent on Tuesday for a robotic arm that throws things into boxes. And in a bunch of the example drawings they used, they showed the robot flinging a little person across a room into a box.
But the Little People of America organization is not happy about it. Quote, “Any time that ‘tossing’ and ‘dwarf’ are put together, it’s a real concern for us. It really opens up the possibility of mocking and dehumanizing little people.”
Amazon says they’re taking it out of context. They say they just used a little person figurine as an example of a product that the robot arm could throw into a box.
And they pointed out that their patent also mentions the robot throwing a rubber ducky and a mug. But those are mentioned three times total. The dwarf is mentioned 17 times.
So if there was ever any doubt that Amazon will eventually rule the world someday…Here’s proof!
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