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Robots may need to include parental controlshttp://phys.org/news/2014-04-robots-parental.htmlOlder adults' fears that companion robots will negatively affect young people may create design challenges for developers hoping to build robots for older users, according to Penn State researchers.
Companion robots provide emotional support for users and interact with them as they, for example, play a game, or watch a movie.
Older adults reported in a study that while they were not likely to become physically and emotionally dependent on robots, they worried that young people might become too dependent on them, said T. Franklin Waddell, a doctoral candidate in mass communications. Those surveyed also indicated that although they were not worried about being negatively affected by robots, the adults would still resist using the devices.
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[b]Robots may need to include parental controls[/b]
http://phys.org/news/2014-04-robots-parental.html
[quote]Older adults' fears that companion robots will negatively affect young people may create design challenges for developers hoping to build robots for older users, according to Penn State researchers.
Companion robots provide emotional support for users and interact with them as they, for example, play a game, or watch a movie.
Older adults reported in a study that while they were not likely to become physically and emotionally dependent on robots, they worried that young people might become too dependent on them, said T. Franklin Waddell, a doctoral candidate in mass communications. Those surveyed also indicated that although they were not worried about being negatively affected by robots, the adults would still resist using the devices.[/quote]
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