How Do People Respond to Being Touched by a Robot - Shot of Study

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How Do People Respond to Being Touched by a Robot - Shot of Study

In the study, researchers looked at how people responded when a robotic nurse, known as Cody, touched and wiped a person’s forearm. Although Cody touched the subjects in exactly the same way, they reacted more positively when they believed Cody intended to clean their arm versus when they believed Cody intended to comfort them.

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Andrea Thomaz, BME, Charlie Kemp, Cody, College of Computing, college of engineering, GVU Center, Health Systems Institute, Healthcare Robotics Lab, RIM@GT, robot, School of Interactive Computing, Tiffany Chen, Walter H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University
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  • Created By: David Terraso
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Dec 3, 2015 - 4:06pm
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 10:42pm