The big question:
ï humans naturally interact with an embodied robot
ï is the physical nature ultimately important, or will a person have identical reactions to an equivalently programmed 3-D graphical agent?
MITís role: provide a physically embodied robot that can enter into dynamic interactions with a person.
NTTís role: measure the physiological response of people interacting with the robot and interacting with a 3-D graphical agent and compare them.
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