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08-24-2016, 01:21 AM
Humans may prefer expressive robots to competent ones, study finds
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Humans may prefer to work with robots that can communicate and express emotions, even if that means they're less efficient, according to a new study (http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2016/august/bert2.html) from University College London and the University of Bristol (http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2016/august/bert2.html).
Researchers tested how people reacted when robots messed up a given task. They had participants work with three different versions (A, B and C) of the same robot, BERT2. Each would bring the humans ingredients to make an omelet: BERT A never erred, but BERT B and C both dropped an egg at some point.*
Only BERT C could communicate with the humans and say "I'm sorry." It would also be visibly dismayed at the mistake, with an exaggerated look of sadness displayed on its face. BERT C would then show that it was going to try a different approach to the task, thereby rectifying the mistake.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/23/robot-communication-study/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Humans may prefer to work with robots that can communicate and express emotions, even if that means they're less efficient, according to a new study (http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2016/august/bert2.html) from University College London and the University of Bristol (http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2016/august/bert2.html).
Researchers tested how people reacted when robots messed up a given task. They had participants work with three different versions (A, B and C) of the same robot, BERT2. Each would bring the humans ingredients to make an omelet: BERT A never erred, but BERT B and C both dropped an egg at some point.*
Only BERT C could communicate with the humans and say "I'm sorry." It would also be visibly dismayed at the mistake, with an exaggerated look of sadness displayed on its face. BERT C would then show that it was going to try a different approach to the task, thereby rectifying the mistake.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/23/robot-communication-study/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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