Dogs can communicate with robots

If a person shows kak



In the centuries-old friendship between dogs and people, apparently, easy to replace one way - people on the robots. Man's best friends are ready to interact with the machine in cold hard if the robot proves its ability to communicate with the dog and its owner.

For the study used a robot «PeopleBot»: it is equipped with a movable arm in a soft white glove and a touch screen as a person. The dog would be pretty hard to accept him as a man.



The robot was programmed to repeat the pre-recorded phrases and words of the living human voice. The owner of the dog entered the room, shook the robot's hand in front of the dog and talk to him, to show that the robot is a social being. The robot then called the dog by name and gives her a treat. Surprisingly, the dog's willingness to take food from the hand of the robot, as well as better find hidden treats in the room, if the robot pointed at him.

via factroom.ru