UW News
Julie Carpenter
September 17, 2013
Emotional attachment to robots could affect outcome on battlefield
![A United States Army explosive ordnance disposal robot pulls the wire of a suspected improvised explosive device in Iraq.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2013/09/04192130/robot-tile-150x150.jpg)
As the military designs field robots to be more human or animal-like, it’s important to study whether soldiers could become emotionally attached to the mechanical tools and less willing to send them into harm’s way.