Researchers have found that the physical texture of robots influenced perceptions of robot personality. Furthermore, first impressions of robots, based on physical appearance alone, could ...

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Researchers from Osaka University and Kanazawa University have found that the physical texture of robots influenced perceptions of robot personality. Furthermore, first impressions of robots ...

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Impressions of a robot's personality can be influenced by the way it looks, sounds, and feels. But now, researchers have found specific causal relationships between impressions of robot personality ...