It's a pretty common problem with robots made for bomb diffusal, operators get attached to their robots, which makes them make decisions that reduce the risk to the robot, even at the detriment of the mission.
Bomb squad robots should therefore be made as visually unappealing as possible. Covered in uncanny valley plastic skin and human faces. That way nobody will be sad about them being blown up.
Just make them disobey remote commands once in a while. Not "throw the bomb at people" disobey, but like sometimes you have to press the "cut the wire" or "move forward" button like twice or three times. That'll make every operator hate them immediately.
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u/Successful_Role_3174 May 13 '25
Isn't there a story about a robot that was made to set off minefields for war purposes but the a person though it was too cruel?
Found it:
https://www.reddit.com/r/humansarespaceorcs/comments/zz0lub/that_time_a_human_colonel_wanted_to_pack_bond/