SMRTR Science & EngineeringJun 1, 2026Interesting Engineering

Young children see meaning in human looks but not in robot gazes, new study finds

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A new study found that 12-month-old babies understand that human gaze points to something meaningful, but don't apply the same logic to humanoid robots. Using eye-tracking technology with 64 infants, researchers discovered that babies anticipate objects when a human looks toward them, but not when a robot does — suggesting infants are naturally wired to recognize human social cues as uniquely intentional.

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