05-04-2016 11:00 via feeds.theguardian.com

Touching robots can arouse humans, study finds

Researchers discover that touching the areas where a robot’s genitals or buttocks would be provokes a physiological response in humansCalifornian researchers have established that an intimate caress of a humanoid robot can produce a physiological response in a human.They challenged volunteers with a robotic creature less than two feet high that possessed eyes, ears, torso, legs, arms and a voice – and a chat-up line rich in come-hither invitations. “Sometimes I’ll ask you
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