In the experiment, researchers programmed a robot to verbally instruct 10 volunteers to touch 13 parts of its body. The findings reveal that touching robots in what humans think of as intimate places ...

Objective: Although touch is essential to nursing practice, few studies have investigated patients' preferences for how nurses should perform tasks involving touch, especially intimate touch involving ...

Being a nurse and male, this article caught my eye. Being referred to as a "male nurse" has always made me uneasy. Yes, I am male, but I am a nurse. We do not refer to our female colleagues as female ...

Touching robots in what humans think of as intimate places arouses emotions in people, but they're not what you think -- the resulting feelings are mostly ones of discomfort, researchers say. This new ...