Robots are more likely to be deemed a threat if their 'skin' is darker claims new study

A new study suggest that the same racial stereotypes applied to people are also applied to their mechanical kin. Researchers from the Human Interface Technology Laboratory in New Zealand say humans perceive robots that resemble humans to have a certain race and may apply stereotypes on the bot depending on the shade of its'skin'. The findings come from what's known as a shooter bias test. In the experiment, participants were shown various images of armed and unarmed subjects and asked to make a split-second reaction test based on the level of'threat.' Robots are more likely to be deemed a threat if their'skin' is darker An affirmative reaction came in the form of participants pressing a button, or in other words, choosing to pull the trigger. What they found was that people were more apt to'shoot' robots with darker tones than lighter ones even when they were posing no threat.