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Human history is full of horse stories like guiding cowboys home on foggy nights and taking wounded soldiers through battle zones. Such sensible and highly trained horses made Elina Jatel, a computer scientist and roboticist, think of robots. “A horse that can take a rider home on its own would be the highest level of autonomy,” Jatel says. “You trust them with your life.” She was drawn to learning how such relationships form and if it could help improve human-robot interactions.

For a year, Jatel engaged herself in the horse world. She watched classes in horse training, and she also talked with students, instructors, trainers and horse owners. Along the way, Jatel even learned to ride.

Horses learn signals from their trainers on how to comfortably interact with people. People, too, must learn their part. Riders must learn what a horse wants or feels based on its behavior, and what signals to use to direct horses to perform in desired ways. Jatel found some similarities, here, to working with robots. People must learn how to direct robots to do specific tasks. They also must learn what to do when robots don’t perform as planned. The goal is to program robots that will respond predictably to inputs from people. But like horses, autonomous robots also should be able to respond on their own as conditions change. For example, a self-driving car must stop to avoid hitting something, even if some human mistakenly tells it to keep going.

Trainers and riders work with horses to build respect. Horses show that respect by matching their pace to a human or giving someone who is leading them a safe degree of personal space. Trainers begin their work with a horse by getting them to show signs of respect in basic interactions, Jatel says. Later, trainers will develop more complex interactions. Gradually, a horse’s respect can grow into trust.

But that trust is not given. And there may be a similar limitation with robots. What would it mean for robots and people to respect and trust each other? For now, she adds, this is largely uncharted territory. But she’s looking to build a path.

【小题1】What drew Elina Jatel’s attention to horses?
A.Horses’ amazing performance.B.Long history of horse training.
C.Horse-human interdependence.D.Her horse-riding experience.
【小题2】What are the robots of the highest autonomy designed to do?
A.To act like real horses.B.To show respect to humans.
C.To follow instructions from humans.D.To make independent and sensible decisions.
【小题3】What will Jatel’s future research most probably focus on?
A.The limitations of robots.B.Trust between robots and humans.
C.Path toward higher robot efficiency.D.Similarities between horses and robots.
【小题4】What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.History of Human-Horse RelationshipB.Secrets of Human-Animal Interactions
C.The Role of Trust in Human-Robot PartnershipsD.Horses as the Inspiration for Autonomous Robots
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