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Clara Berridge, a gerontologist at the University of Washington, Seattle, recalls a story told by a colleague to a group of health-care and social-work students. Nature Outlook: Robotics and ...

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Social companion robots are no longer just science fiction. In classrooms, libraries and homes, these small machines are designed to read stories, play games or offer comfort to children. They promise ...

People who speak the Berlin dialect trust social robots speaking the same dialect more than social robots speaking standard German Social robots can help us with many things: teaching, learning, ...