hertfordshire asked volunteers to play with a simple reactive robot. the same robot was then programmed with an algorithm to make it playful and curious. and they compared what people thought. so yes, this is the starting idea, but it s the first of its kind. so we put it on a simple robot. we know now with comparing it with humans who interact with the reactive robot and with the curious robot, we know now that they find this robot more sociable, right, and from here we know, ok, if we have this element in a robot people mightjust be more likeable towards this robot and more receptive, more happy that it was around them. something we don t quite know now how we can do that, how is the acceptance of robots? so, daniel, basically you are making a football team full of robots to win an international competition, is that it? indeed. it s a first step, but the team says it could still be decades before you ve got a robot sharing your home. it s probably the hardest environment you can imag