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Soldiers' Emotional Attachment to Robots Could Affect Battlefield Performance
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2014-03-22 01:39:53, 조회 : 1,897 |
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Soldiers' Emotional Attachment to Robots Could Affect Battlefield Performance
Robots were originally conceived of as \"slaves,\" or at least as substitutes for doing our dull, difficult, or dangerous jobs. But what if a robotic aide saves a soldier’s life on the battlefield? Would that soldier then become too attached to this nonhuman buddy and perhaps avoid sending it into danger again?
Concerned about such questions, University of Washington researcher Julie Carpenter studied troops’ relationships with their robotic comrades to determine the possible effects of battlefield attachments.
\"They were very clear [the robot] was a tool, but at the same time, patterns in their responses indicated they sometimes interacted with the robots in ways similar to a human or pet,\" she says.
Some of the robot operators viewed these tools as extensions of themselves; others treated them like pets or named them after their sweethearts back home. So if the robot malfunctions or is damaged, the soldiers may take the failure personally.
\"They would say they were angry when a robot became disabled because it is an important tool, but then they would add ‘poor little guy,’ or they’d say they had a funeral for it,\" says Carpenter. \"These robots are critical tools they maintain, rely on, and use daily. They are also tools that happen to move around and act as a stand-in for a team member.\"
Carpenter says she hopes that the military will take these human feelings into consideration when designing the next generation of battlefield robots. —Cynthia G. Wagner
Source: University of Washington
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