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We won a CES robotics innovation award, then they took it back

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Re: We won a CES robotics innovation award, then they took it back

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

CES did not say it was immoral, that was deceptive on the part of the author.

Their initial response was to cite the following text: > Entries deemed by CTA in their sole discretion to be immoral, obscene, indecent, profane or not in keeping with CTA’s image will be disqualified. CTA reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any entry at any time which, in CTA’s opinion, endangers the safety or well being of any person, or fails to comply with these Official Rules. So, if they di…

You left off the most obvious and least controversial option, “not keeping with CTA’s image” of course.

But it makes for a better outrage narrative if we cherry pick the most offensive interpretation possible.

Re: We won a CES robotics innovation award, then they took it back

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As impressive as this toy sounds, I don't see how it is related to robotics. The comparison between a vibrator and a full sex robot does not make sense to me; a sex bot needs to articulate joints and show human expressions, a vibrator needs to make some ver slight movements in very specific places. I don't blame the author for being upset about this because I can't see a reason to retract the submission to the contes…

Its a robot because it replaces a function normally performed by a human with an automated system.
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