Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yet here is the question: Why does it appear that such robots are being > created with masculine traits? And is there any compelling reason to do so? > That's easy. Study the history of technology and you will see the reasons. Automobiles began as "horseless carriages" -- vehicles that closely resembled carriages. "Resemble" is not strong enough: they *were* carriages, with motors bolted on. The first steamships has hulls better suited for sailing ships. The first computer software for business resembled the manual accounting systems it replaced. When developing new technology, we start where the previous technology left off. We adapt the old lock, stock and barrel. In some cases we take trouble to "impose the limitations and problems of the old on the new" as I wrote in chapter 7 of my book. http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/RothwellJcoldfusiona.pdf Since most previous warriors have been male, if you are going to make a humanoid robot warrior, it stands to reason you will give it a male body shape. That is with a size, proportions, arms and legs closer to the male than the female. It would be stupid to give it wide hips, for example. That would serve no purpose in a robot, whereas it is essential in a human female. Our fighting techniques, equipment and so on are keyed to the male body type insofar as they are keyed to one sex or another. So if we are going to adapt things such as rifles or tanks to operation by humanoids they should be shaped like men. In point of fact, fighting robots will soon resemble no animal. Not men, or women, or humans. New technology usually evolves rapidly to resemble no previous machine and no previous natural object or animal. Many early airplanes such as Lilienthal's gliders looked like birds. The Wright brother's airplane looked like nothing that ever flew before. Nothing man-made or natural. It does make sense to build robots for use in rugged outdoor environments that resemble animals. That gives you ready-made solutions to many problems. See, for example, the Boston Dynamics Big Dog pack animal robot, with legs similar to those of a horse or dog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww - Jed
