Carnegie Mellon University Develops Robot To Help Make Better Snacking Choices

    Dec. 5, 2011
    Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa. recently developed a system utilizing a snack delivering robot that helps people make self-beneficial snacking decisions in the workplace based on theories of behavioral economics, which differs from traditional economics by assuming that people do not make the most rational decisions all the time.
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    Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa. recently developed a system utilizing a snack delivering robot that helps people make self-beneficial snacking decisions in the workplace based on theories of behavioral economics, which differs from traditional economics by assuming that people do not make the most rational decisions all the time, according to The Tartan, the student newspaper. For the full story, click here.

    Editor’s Insight: Whoever thought snacking could be so complicated as to merit this type of research? One reason is that changing work habits have made snacking a bigger part of consumer lifestyles.

    One interesting finding here is that calorie information did not have much impact on consumer choices. 12-05-11 By Elliot Maras