Four experiments involving more than 100 volunteers revealed that in a simulation of a simple shepherding task, in which machine-actors used simulated motions suggestive of human cooperation, the performance of human-machine dyads was similar to that of human-human dyads, suggesting that dynamic primitive motor motions mimicking human interactions can enhance human-machine interactions.
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Article #18-13164: "Human social motor solutions for human-machine interaction in dynamical task contexts," by Patrick Nalepka et al.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences