Can you kill a robot nanny?: Ethological approach to the effect of robot caregivers on child development and human evolution

Kubinyi, Enikő; Pongrácz, P.; Miklósi, Ádám

doi:10.1075/is.11.2.06kub

Article published In: Interaction Studies
Vol. 11:2 (2010) ► pp.214–219

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Can you kill a robot nanny?

Ethological approach to the effect of robot caregivers on child development and human evolution

Enikő Kubinyi | Eötvös University, Hungary

P. Pongrácz | Eötvös University, Hungary

Ádám Miklósi | Eötvös University, Hungary

Published online: 6 July 2010

https://doi.org/10.1075/is.11.2.06kub

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