What makes a robot social? A review of social robots from science fiction to a home or hospital near you

A Henschel, G Laban, ES Cross - Current Robotics Reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review We provide an outlook on the definitions, laboratory research,
and applications of social robots, with an aim to understand what makes a robot social—in …

Comparison of human social brain activity during eye-contact with another human and a humanoid robot

MS Kelley, JA Noah, X Zhang, B Scassellati… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Robot design to simulate interpersonal social interaction is an active area of research with
applications in therapy and companionship. Neural responses to eye-to-eye contact in …

Is it me or the robot? A critical evaluation of human affective state recognition in a cognitive task

D Jirak, M Aoki, T Yanagi, A Takamatsu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
A key goal in human-robot interaction (HRI) is to design scenarios between humanoid
robots and humans such that the interaction is perceived as collaborative and natural, yet …

Mind the eyes: Artificial agents' eye movements modulate attentional engagement and anthropomorphic attribution

D Ghiglino, C Willemse, D De Tommaso… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Artificial agents are on their way to interact with us daily. Thus, the design of embodied
artificial agents that can easily cooperate with humans is crucial for their deployment in …

What Makes a Robot Social? A Review of Social Robots from Fiction to a Home or Hospital Near You

A Henschel, G Laban, ES Cross - 2020 - osf.io
Purpose of review: We provide an outlook on the definitions, laboratory research, and
applications of social robots, with an aim to understand what makes a robot social–in the …