In many cultures, a handshake can create trust between people. Engineer Joao Avelino and his team are designing a robot to shake hands with a human to improve human-robot interactions. The robot hand adjusts its movements and pressure to better imitate the feel of a human hand. The researchers want the robot's handshake to feel realistic because ________

Which choice most logically completes the text?

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lifelike handshakes may make people more comfortable interacting with robots.

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it's easier to program a robot to perform handshakes than it is to program a robot to perform some other types of greetings.

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people are less likely to interact with robots that don't look like humans.

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the robot in the researchers' study may have uses other than interacting with humans.