The natural enemy of robots

[Ithuriel]

Small children, as it happens.

"Children Beating Up Robot Inspires New Escape Maneuver System"

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robot...g-up-robot

There's a whole sequence of papers and articles with increasingly depressing titles, such as:

• Do Kids Care If Their Robot Friend Gets Stuffed Into a Closet? (spoiler: no)
  
• Escaping from Children’s Abuse of Social Robots.
  
• Why Do Children Abuse Robots?
  
• Robot Tries To Escape From Children's Abuse