سوال ۱۱ کنکور ارشد علوم کامپیوتر ۱۴۰۴

PASSAGE 1 (excerpt):

Human-computer interaction (HCI) has been the focus of attention for researchers in the past decade, with considerable work being done in the various modalities for communicating with a computer. Many interfaces, relying on body gestures, speech and brain computing, have been proposed or developed which assist humans to interact with robots in a more intelligent and natural way.

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