According to the Washington Post while demonstrating its land-mine detecting prototype robot, one of the world’s renowned roboticist Mark Tilden has came across with an interesting response by an Army Colonel who strictly condemned the demonstration.
This renowned roboticist who has also worked for NASA is well known for its Wowee Robosapien, RoboReptile and for many other robotic toy designs. But recently at Los Alamos National Laboratory where he is developing a five feet long stick-insect-like autonomous robot that steps on landmines to blow it and than smartly adapts so that it can move to another with its remaining legs until he is left with one leg.
Colonel was totally distressed by seeing the condition of a fully blown robot during demonstration that was crippling towards the next landmine and finally he ordered Tilden to stop the demonstration by claiming the demonstration as an inhumane act against robot.
Still we have to consider the fact that robots are not humans so the question of inhuman treatment does not arise. Moreover, if these robots are not made to do such kind of work then ultimately humans will have to suffer. We have to remember that robots are used in critical army operations that can never be completed without human loss, so it is much better to lose robots rather humans.
Via: Gizmag
