Monday 1 April 2019

A new approach allows robots to attract passersby without causing them discomfort

Researchers at NTT Corporation in Japan have recently developed a user-centered reinforcement learning approach that could be used to teach 'manners' to social robots. Their method, outlined in a paper pre-published on arXiv, allows a robot to greet or attract the attention of passersby without causing them discomfort.

* This article was originally published here