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Create children, not robots!

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This essay investigates the situation of young researchers in the HRI community. I argue that we need to have a more child friendly environment to encourage young staff members to create children.

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HRI '10: Proceedings of the 5th ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-robot interaction
March 2010
400 pages
ISBN:9781424448937

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  1. academia
  2. birth rate
  3. children
  4. elderly

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