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Our results demonstrate that interacting with the High Anthropomorphism Robot led to greater interpersonal closeness between participants when the robot provided positive feedback as opposed to negative feedback. The Low Anthropomorphism Robot had a different and opposite effect, interactions with this robot led to greater interpersonal closeness when the robot’s feedback was equal as opposed to unequal and when the robot provided negative feedback as opposed to positive feedback.

No longer just a relic of science fiction movies, autonomous cars have become a reality. Autonomous cars are heavily researched and developed by both large technology companies and traditional car manufacturers.Within a couple of years, autonomous cars will be able to transport people from one place to another on a massive scale. However, their emergence would actually lead to safety concerns and umemployment crisis. With these drawbacks in mind, would autonomous cars drive our future forward?