Robots Can Fill Humans’ Emotional Needs, Israeli Study Shows (+Video)
Einat Paz-Frankel | June 12, 2016
In a new study by IDC Herzliya researchers, participants told a personal event to a small desktop robot. For 50 percent of the participants, the robot was responsive and supportive of their emotional needs, using gestures and on-screen text. The other 50 percent were met with an unresponsive robot.
The people who interacted with a responsive robot had more desire to use the robot as a companion in stressful situations, like visiting the dentist, and their body language exhibited more emotion towards the robot, like leaning in, smiling, and having “eye contact.”
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"Realistic robot faces aren't enough – we need emotion to put us at ease" Source: http://phys.org/news/2015-06-realistic-robot-emotion-ease-androids.html |
<more at http://nocamels.com/2016/06/idc-humans-robots-relationship-feelings/; related articles and links: http://nocamels.com/2014/04/this-robot-with-soul-gets-frightened-when-youre-angry/ (This Robot With ‘Soul’ Gets Frightened When You’re Angry. April 8, 2014) and http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/16/could-you-fall-in-love-with-this-robot.html (Could you fall in love with this robot?. March 16, 2016)>
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