Extant grief studies examine the way humans mourn the loss of a nonhuman, be it an animal, object, or abstract concept. Yet little is known about grief when it comes to robots. As humans are increasingly brought into contact with more human-like machines, it is relevant to consider the nature of our relationship to these technologies. Centered on a qualitative analysis of 35 films, this study seeks to determine whether humans experience grief when a robot is destroyed, and if so, under what conditions. Our observations of the relevant film scenes suggest that eight variables play a role in determining whether and to what extent a human experiences grief in response to a robot's destruction. As a result, we have devised a psychological mechanism by which different types of grief can be classified as a function of these eight variables.

现存的悲伤研究考察了人类为失去非人类而哀悼的方式，无论是动物、物体还是抽象概念。然而，人们对机器人的悲伤知之甚少。随着人类越来越多地与更多类似人的机器接触，考虑我们与这些技术的关系的性质是相关的。这项研究以对 35 部电影的定性分析为中心，旨在确定当机器人被摧毁时人类是否会经历悲伤，如果是，则在什么条件下。我们对相关电影场景的观察表明，八个变量在确定人类是否以及在何种程度上因机器人的破坏而经历悲伤方面发挥着作用。因此，我们设计了一种心理机制，通过该机制可以将不同类型的悲伤归类为这八个变量的函数。