Sensitive robots can tell your gender from a handshake

Robots are now so smart they can work out whether you're male or female and even what your personality is like from one handshake. Researchers are developing an'emotional' humanoid robot that is sensitive to human touch and can read social situations so they always come across as polite and empathetic. In addition to looking like a human, robots must also become more sociable so they can integrate into human environments, researchers say. First results show a robot is capable of inferring someone's gender and personality in 75 per cent of cases simply by shaking hands (stock image) First results show that a robot is capable of inferring someone's gender and personality in 75 per cent of cases simply by shaking hands. In addition to looking like a human, robots must also become more sociable so they can integrate into human environments, researchers say.