People sympathize with robots

In films and books robots are often shown as humanoids, and people tend to emotionally react to them as similar. If we see a robot mistreated or, on the contrary, demonstrate against him warm feelings, you take it as if the car was a living being. The more people use robots in everyday life, the greater the impact on the human emotions they have.

A study was conducted. The volunteers were shown two videos: one clip-like dinosaur robot hugged and tickled, and the other - hit or dropped. The researchers evaluated the physiological levels in humans after watching the video, determining the conductivity of the skin - when people experience strong emotions, they sweat more, and skin conductance increases. It turned out that while watching a video, where the robot hit, people are having negative emotions, and the wave skin conductance increased. It is surprising that video where a man beating a woman and strangled her with a plastic bag, and video, somewhere did the same with toy robots, and humans have caused almost identical in strength and intensity of emotions.



The researchers felt that compassion inherent in human nature. For centuries we have lived side by side with pets and learn to sympathize with them. It seems that in this age of universal computerization we, by virtue of instinct, will experience in relation to the robot the same feelings as to domestic pets.

via factroom.ru