People are more likely to accept suggestions from robots with cute features. — Pixabay
BERLIN: It's a long-standing movie or soap opera conceit: an eyelash-batting hair-twirling blonde or brunette in a low-cut blouse coyly coaxing a hapless would-be suitor into spending money on something the no-hoper neither wants nor needs.
There seemingly is some truth to the trope, at least when it comes to the service robots increasingly being deployed in restaurants, according to tests carried out by Penn State University researchers.
