LONDON: Shaking hands is a vital component for successful business negotiations, even if the handshake is done through a humanoid robot avatar called NAO, researchers from the University of Bath in England reported.
A research team at the University’s Department of Psychology said we already know that the act of shaking hands when a business talk begins creates better trust and a desire to cooperate.
A study has now demonstrated that these benefits exist even if a robot is there, acting on behalf of a human – who could be sitting thousands of miles away – during a business meeting.
