[HTML][HTML] Exploring the impact of socially assistive robots on health and wellbeing across the lifespan: an umbrella review and meta-analysis

B Nichol, J McCready, G Erfani, D Comparcini… - International journal of …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Background Socially assistive robots offer an alternate source of connection for interventions
within health and social care amidst a landscape of technological advancement and …

Social robotics

C Breazeal, K Dautenhahn, T Kanda - Springer handbook of robotics, 2016‏ - Springer
This chapter surveys some of the principal research trends in Social Robotics and its
application to human–robot interaction (HRI). Social (or Sociable) robots are designed to …

[HTML][HTML] My chatbot companion-a study of human-chatbot relationships

M Skjuve, A Følstad, KI Fostervold… - International Journal of …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
There has been a recent surge of interest in social chatbots, and human–chatbot
relationships (HCRs) are becoming more prevalent, but little knowledge exists on how …

[ספר][B] The smart wife: Why Siri, Alexa, and other smart home devices need a feminist reboot

Y Strengers, J Kennedy - 2020‏ - books.google.com
A bold dive into the problematic development (and developers) of" smart wives"--feminized
digital assistants who are friendly, sometimes flirty, docile, efficient, occasionally glitchy, and …

[ספר][B] Robot rights

DJ Gunkel - 2018‏ - books.google.com
A provocative attempt to think about what was previously considered unthinkable: a serious
philosophical case for the rights of robots. We are in the midst of a robot invasion, as devices …

[ספר][B] Human-robot interaction: An introduction

C Bartneck, T Belpaeme, F Eyssel, T Kanda, M Keijsers… - 2024‏ - books.google.com
The role of robots in society keeps expanding and diversifying, bringing with it a host of
issues surrounding the relationship between robots and humans. This introduction to human …

Consumer and object experience in the internet of things: An assemblage theory approach

DL Hoffman, TP Novak - Journal of Consumer Research, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract The consumer Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to revolutionize consumer
experience. Because consumers can actively interact with smart objects, the traditional …

Enhancing user experience with conversational agent for movie recommendation: Effects of self-disclosure and reciprocity

SY Lee, J Choi - International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2017‏ - Elsevier
This study investigates how user satisfaction and intention to use for an interactive movie
recommendation system is determined by communication variables and relationship …

[ספר][B] Humans and robots: Ethics, agency, and anthropomorphism

S Nyholm - 2020‏ - books.google.com
Can robots perform actions, make decisions, collaborate with humans, be our friends,
perhaps fall in love, or potentially harm us? Even before these things truly happen, ethical …

Tools or peers? Impacts of anthropomorphism level and social role on emotional attachment and disclosure tendency towards intelligent agents

A Zhang, PLP Rau - Computers in Human Behavior, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Owing to the development of anthropomorphic intelligent agent (IA) designs, users consider
IAs as more than just inanimate tools. Previous studies have reported that anthropomorphic …