Can Animals Influence Robots? Part 1

It’s been well established by science that human beings can affect machinery with their thoughts and intentions alone. But can animals do it? A research paper by Rene Peoc’h in 1995 reveals the answer.

In 1986, researchers used a Tychoscope 1, a small self propelled robot. It’s movements were determined by a random event generator inside the robot. They wanted to know if a group of baby chickens could influence the movement of this robot.

Here’s what they did…

1) They conditioned some of the baby chickens

After hatching from an egg, baby chickens (and many bird species) adopt the first moving object as their mother. After the chickens were born, researchers placed them next to the Tychoscope 1 as it moved about. They did this for an hour per day for 6 days after their birth.

They also had a group of chickens that were not conditioned to have the Tychoscope 1 as their mother.

2) They tested to see if the chickens would have an effect on the robot

They put a chicken cage in the room and tested several scenarios.

a) One was the robot moving around without any chickens in the room.
b) The other was having the robot move around when the conditioned chickens were in the cage. From the cage, the chickens could see the robot.
c) The third was having the robot move around in the room with non-conditioned chickens in the cage, who could see the robot.

Here’s what they found

They determined that when the conditioned chickens were in the room, the robot spent 2.5times more time on the half of the surface closer to the chicks. When the cage was empty or the non-conditioned chickens were in the room, the robot moved in its normal random pattern.

This is significant for several reasons

1) It’s scientifically proven that chickens (and likely other animals) have an effect on the robot. Animals, as well as humans can affect machinery. Thus do animals have an effect on the collective consciousness as well?

2) It’s important to note that the bond created by the conditioning was significant. It seems the ‘bond’ or the ‘connection’ the chickens had made a difference. Thus, it wasn’t their mere presence in the room affecting the robot. The kinship, desire, and/or perhaps directed thought or heart energy had an influence on the robot.

3) Robots don’t act independent of thought energy. Thought energy can indeed influence seemingly objects that are not “alive”

Questions to consider

1) Do robots have consciousness as well?
2) What exactly causes the influence? The thought energy from the brains of chickens? The heart energy? Both?
3) Do animals affect the collective consciousness? And if so, to what extent?