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The Hugging Robot
· 26 min · S12 E3
Episode The Hugging Robot
What makes a good hug? That’s what Ryder wants to know. Enter HuggieBot - a robot that helped discover the 11 “ingredients” of a meaningful embrace. We’ll learn why HuggieBot’s creator, Dr. Alexis Block, decided to build a hugging robot, and what a robot can tell us about why hugs matter so much to humans.
Watch videos of HuggieBot in action and read the full episode transcript on our blog.
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