Researchers discover that touching the areas where a robot’s genitals or buttocks would be provokes a physiological response in humans
Californian researchers have established that an intimate caress of a humanoid robot can produce a physiological response in a human.
They challenged volunteers with a robotic creature less than two feet high that possessed eyes, ears, torso, legs, arms and a voice – and a chat-up line rich in come-hither invitations. “Sometimes I’ll ask you to touch my body and sometimes I’ll ask you to point to my body,” it told volunteers.
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