“The test was not to see if the patients lost weight, but to see if they made a relationship with the robot. One person named it; another put a hat on it, they treated her like a buddy. Robots might one day help busy physicians... I have patients on diets who come to see me weekly because they need to be accountable to someone, but I can’t be there for everyone.”
Dr. Caroline M. Apovian, director of the center for nutrition and weight management at the Boston University School of Medicine was adviser to a study to see whether people would accept a robot as a diet coach.
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