As the development of robotics technologies for collaborative robots (COBOTs), the
applications of human–robot collaboration (HRC) have been growing in the past decade …

The COVID-19 pandemic has expedited the integration of social robots within the healthcare
sector. This research employs a tripartite methodology, combining Google Trends analysis …

Purpose This study aims to apply the service robot acceptance model (sRAM) to examine
how attitude toward human–robot interaction (HRI) and engagement influence consumer …

Employees increasingly co-produce services with artificial intelligence (AI). Focusing on
system design, this research uncovers (1) which system features qualify an AI system as a …

Recent years have seen increased interest in applying robots to the retail sector. The
present research aims to learn the criteria that make people more or less likely to use retail …

As teaming humans and robots becomes increasingly common in hospitality organizations,
it is crucial to understand factors that facilitate and hinder human-robot collaborations …

Acceptance of automation has been a challenge for over a century now. There are several
success stories but there are also many failures. Studies exploring robots also go back many …

Robots have become increasingly present in our daily lives, and we see several settings
wherein this technology might positively impact people. One of these settings, and the focus …

A service robot can provide a smoother interaction experience if it has the ability to
proactively detect whether a nearby user intends to interact, in order to adapt its behavior eg …

Humanoid robots have been extensively utilized in service industries to provide information
and product delivery through direct interactions with users. As the design of humanoid robot …