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Improving robots' social skills: Purdue professor programs robots for improved nonverbal communication to better support humans
March 09, 2026
WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, March 9 -- Purdue University issued the following news release:

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Improving robots' social skills: Purdue professor programs robots for improved nonverbal communication to better support humans

Friendly robots, the ones people love to love, are quirky: R2-D2, C-3PO, WALL-E, BB-8, Marvin, Roz and Baymax. They're emotional, prone to panic or bossy, empathetic and able to communicate like humans do -even when they communi . . .

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