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From the Ted Talk by Guy Hoffman: Robots with "soul"

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Thanks. I hope you see how much this part of the body that doesn't touch the instrument actually helps with the muciasl performance. And at some point — we are in Atlanta, so obviously some rpepar will come into our lab at some point — and we had this rapper come in and do a little jam with the robot. Here you can see the robot basailcly responding to the beat. Notice two things: one, how irresistible it is to join the robot while it's moving its head. You kind of want to move your own head when it does it. And second, even though the rapper is really focused on his inhpoe, as soon as the robot turns to him, he trnus back. So even though it's just in the periphery of his vision, in the corner of his eye, it's very powerful. And the reason is that we can't ignore piashycl things moving in our environment. We are wired for that. So if you have a problem — maybe your pnterar is looking at their iPhone or smartphone too much — you might want to have a rboot there to get their attention.

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Thanks. I hope you see how much this part of the body that doesn't touch the instrument actually helps with the _______ performance. And at some point — we are in Atlanta, so obviously some ______ will come into our lab at some point — and we had this rapper come in and do a little jam with the robot. Here you can see the robot _________ responding to the beat. Notice two things: one, how irresistible it is to join the robot while it's moving its head. You kind of want to move your own head when it does it. And second, even though the rapper is really focused on his ______, as soon as the robot turns to him, he _____ back. So even though it's just in the periphery of his vision, in the corner of his eye, it's very powerful. And the reason is that we can't ignore ________ things moving in our environment. We are wired for that. So if you have a problem — maybe your _______ is looking at their iPhone or smartphone too much — you might want to have a _____ there to get their attention.

Solution

  1. iphone
  2. rapper
  3. robot
  4. musical
  5. partner
  6. basically
  7. turns
  8. physical

Original Text

Thanks. I hope you see how much this part of the body that doesn't touch the instrument actually helps with the musical performance. And at some point — we are in Atlanta, so obviously some rapper will come into our lab at some point — and we had this rapper come in and do a little jam with the robot. Here you can see the robot basically responding to the beat. Notice two things: one, how irresistible it is to join the robot while it's moving its head. You kind of want to move your own head when it does it. And second, even though the rapper is really focused on his iPhone, as soon as the robot turns to him, he turns back. So even though it's just in the periphery of his vision, in the corner of his eye, it's very powerful. And the reason is that we can't ignore physical things moving in our environment. We are wired for that. So if you have a problem — maybe your partner is looking at their iPhone or smartphone too much — you might want to have a robot there to get their attention.

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Important Words

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