Robots can manipulate children, says study

Robots can manipulate children, says study

The study used the Asch paradigm

Robots can influence the opinions and decisions of young children, according to a study which shows that kids are significantly more susceptible to manipulation by machines than adults.

Researchers from University of Plymouth in the U.K. compared how adults and children respond to an identical task when in the presence of both their peers and humanoid robots.

Study Details | http://robotics.sciencemag.org/content/3/21/eaat1587

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