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May 7, 2016 09:00 pm GMT

Meet the robot that pretends to listen

TOKYO, JAPAN - JANUARY 20:  Communication robot "CommU" sit on display during the press conference to introduce the sociable robots, "CommU" and "Sota," hosted by only the robot science communicator Otonaroid and the robot anchor Kodomoroid at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Technology (Miraikan) on January 20, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. CommU and Sota, developed to improve humanoids' sense of interaction in dialogue, make people feel more engaged in conversation with them by featuring diverse eye movements and gaze directions.  (Photo by Ken Ishii/Getty Images)We’ve all done it. Cornered at a party by some bore talking about his unimaginative app that will “change the world.” All seemingly convincing excuses to leave have already been used by the rest of the group. The last refuge of the rude scoundrel — the smartphone — is in your jacket pocket in the cloakroom all the way across the room. So you just have to suck it… Read More

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