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Demonstrates that robots showing emotional body language improve social acceptance, indicating a path for better human-robot interactions.
In order for robots to be socially accepted and generate empathy they must display emotions. For robots such as Nao, body language is the best medium available, as they do not have the ability to display facial expressions. Displaying emotional body language that can be interpreted whilst interacting with the robot should greatly improve its acceptance.
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