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Emotional design
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What the corpus says
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Cosmo's design prioritized emotional engagement using minimal visual tools, similar to Pixar's WALL-E.
Waymo's autonomous trucking aims to address a driver shortage expected to exceed 80,000 in the coming years.
Doubling a robot's eye contact can increase user engagement by 40%, highlighting the power of emotional design.
Waymo simulates 1,000 miles for every mile driven, resulting in over 20 billion miles in simulation.
The humanoid form in robotics is often more about interaction than practical use, especially in factory settings.
Voices on emotional design
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Go read
4 books and papers cited across these episodes.
For the specialist
What experts find new
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At the frontier
Still unresolved
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The thinkers
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