Human Robot Action

In world where we're increasingly integrating robots into our lives, an instinct like that might actually have consequences. It turns out that we're biologically hard wired to project intent and life on to any movement in our physical space that seems autonomous to us. People will treat all sorts of robots like they're alive. These bomb disposal units get names, they get medals of honor. They've had funerals for them with gun salutes. We can design robots specifically to evoke this response using eyes and faces or movements that people automatically, subconsciously associate with states of mind.