Biscee serving during an event (IMAGE)

Eötvös Loránd University

Biscee serving during an event

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When a robot offers you candy, it is hard not to be curious. In an experiment conducted by ethologists at ELTE, visitors at public events noticed an autonomous service robot more often than a human server, and the candy on the robot’s tray disappeared faster. The study also suggests that the presence of robots may influence the way people behave in social situations. 

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Photo: Márta Gácsi / ELTE Eötvös Loránd University

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