Researchers find social robots require astute tuning to improve acceptability by the human mind
After years of existing only in fiction, social robots are finally being designed that can more closely emulate how people express themselves, interact and learn and doing so while performing jobs like teaching social behavior to children with autism or helping stroke patients with their physical rehabilitation exercises....
Source: PhysOrg - Friday, 3 February
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