If a robot is in a remote location they need to be able to use their energy effectively in order to complete their mission or perform a task, so they also need to take energy from their surrounding environment.
For the president of any country (or any company, for that matter), a critical leadership task is to create an environment where people believe they can change the world and then do something about it.
Bored people typically blame their environment, not themselves, for the state, thinking "this task is boring" or "there is nothing to do, " the paper found.