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It has been a year full of the unexpected for families who have had to quickly adjust to masks, quarantines and virtual and hybrid learning, all thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. For Eliza Engel and her son Thomas McKnight, one of the surprises 2020 has brought is that the sixth grader at Burgundy Farm Country Day School in Alexandria, Virginia, now attends class with the help of a robot.
“It’s really, truly amazing, because it looks like something out of ‘Star Wars,’ really,” Thomas says. “It’s like techno wizardry.”
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The disinfectant robot market is expected to register a CAGR of 36.4% during the forecast period
), owing to the rising demand for hygiene globally across various sectors. The global Disinfectant Robot Market (henceforth, referred to as the market studied) was valued at USD 341. 3 million in 2019, and it is projected to be worth USD 2325.
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'The robot made me do it': Robots encourage risk-taking behavior in people -- ScienceDaily
Dr Yaniv Hanoch, Associate Professor in Risk Management at the University of Southampton who led the study explained, "We know that peer pressure can lead to higher risk-taking behaviour. With the ever-increasing scale of interaction between humans and technology, both online and physically, it is crucial that we understand more about whether machines can have a similar impact."
One-third of the participants took the test in a room on their own (the control group), one third took the test alongside a robot that only provided them with the instructions but was silent the rest of the time and the final, the experimental group, took the test with the robot providing instruction as well as speaking encouraging statements such as "why did you stop pumping?"
Big Finish Review: The Robots 3
Drawing on its rich Doctor Who heritage and fuelled by topical thematic concerns, The Robots 3 uncovers the humanity and reality within science fiction. Nicola Walker, Claire Rushbrook, David Collings and Pamela Salem return as Liv, Tula, Poul and Toos in this three-part boxset release from Big Finish Productions .
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Liv is investigating the Sons of Kaldor - looking out for any unusual activity on Kaldor. But when her hunt leads her to an abandoned warehouse, she may have bitten off more than she can chew... And while she's away, Tula is finding that some problems lie a little closer to home.
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