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Review
. 2018 Aug 15;3(21):eaat5843.
doi: 10.1126/scirobotics.aat5843.

Not as bad as it seems: When the presence of a threatening humanoid robot improves human performance

Nicolas Spatola  1 , Clément Belletier  2 , Alice Normand  3 , Pierre Chausse  3 , Sophie Monceau  3 , Maria Augustinova  4 , Vincent Barra  5 , Pascal Huguet  1 , Ludovic Ferrand  6
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Review

Not as bad as it seems: When the presence of a threatening humanoid robot improves human performance

Nicolas Spatola et al. Sci Robot. .

Abstract

"Bad" humanoid robots just paying attention to human performance may energize attentional control-as does human presence.

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