B. Scott Campbell
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2
Total Citations
9
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About
B. Scott Campbell’s research bridges the history of philosophy and cutting-edge human-robot interaction, exploring how humans conceptualize and respond to autonomous systems. His most-cited work, “La Mettrie: The Robot and the Automaton” (1970, 6 citations), offers a foundational analysis of 18th-century mechanistic philosophy, tracing early ideas of human-like machines. Decades later, Campbell applied these insights to modern robotics in “Understanding Human Response to the Presence and Actions of Unmanned Ground Vehicle Systems in Field Environment” (2017, 3 citations). This field study observed 78 participants across diverse real-world settings—a shopping mall, sports complexes, and a university campus—to document how people react to unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) operating alongside them. By combining archival scholarship with empirical observation, Campbell’s work illuminates the enduring tension between human expectations and machine behavior, providing critical context for designing socially acceptable autonomous systems. Though modest in citation counts, his interdisciplinary approach—linking Enlightenment thought to contemporary robotics—offers a unique lens for researchers studying human-robot trust and acceptance.
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- 1La Mettrie: The Robot and the Automaton6 citations · 1970
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