http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Robots can be ironic. Even though they might not have emotions of their own, they can still detect and respond to humans` emotions. A recent study has shown that, by picking up on human emotional traits, as well as a variety of other conscious and unconscious behavioral cues, robots may be able to act more naturally and accurately with humans. http://www.physorg.com/news138547570.html Electronics Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:26:10 EST news138547570