Are friends electric? The benefits and risks of human-robot relationships

TJ Prescott, JM Robillard - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Social robots that can interact and communicate with people are growing in popularity for
use at home and in customer-service, education, and healthcare settings. Although growing …

The effects of humanlike and robot-specific affective nonverbal behavior on perception, emotion, and behavior

AM Rosenthal-von der Pütten, NC Krämer… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Research demonstrated that humans are able to interpret humanlike (affective) nonverbal
behavior (HNB) in artificial entities (eg Beck et al., in: Proceedings of the 19th IEEE …

[BOOK][B] Robots, healthcare, and the law: Regulating automation in personal care

E Fosch-Villaronga - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
The integration of robotic systems and artificial intelligence into healthcare settings is
accelerating. As these technological developments interact socially with children, the …

Achieving affective human–virtual agent communication by enabling virtual agents to imitate positive expressions

T Numata, H Sato, Y Asa, T Koike, K Miyata… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Affective communication, communicating with emotion, during face-to-face communication is
critical for social interaction. Advances in artificial intelligence have made it essential to …

User perspectives on emotionally aligned social robots for older adults and persons living with dementia

JA Dosso, E Bandari, A Malhotra… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction Socially assistive robots are devices designed to aid users through social
interaction and companionship. Social robotics promise to support cognitive health and …

[PDF][PDF] Appropriate voices for artefacts: some key insights

RK Moore - 1st International workshop on vocal interactivity in …, 2017 - vihar-2017.vihar.org
The 2011 release of Siri hailed the beginning of a sustained period of impressive advances
in the capability and availability of spoken language technology. Subsequent years saw the …

Exploring the role of robotics in Alzheimer's disease care: innovative methods and applications

AJ Moshayedi, NMI Uddin, X Zhang… - Robotic Intelligence and …, 2023 - emerald.com
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Children's evaluations of a therapy dog and biomimetic robot: influences of animistic beliefs and social interaction

O Barber, E Somogyi, AE McBride, L Proops - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Social robots are being used increasingly across a range of settings, including in the context
of therapeutic interactions with children. While research has shown that interaction with live …

The zoomorphic MiRo robot's affective expression design and perceived appearance

M Ghafurian, G Lakatos, K Dautenhahn - International Journal of Social …, 2022 - Springer
This article proposes design guidelines for 11 affective expressions for the Miro robot, and
evaluates the expressions through an online video study with 116 participants. All …

Why do robots need a head? The role of social interfaces on service robots

C McGinn - International Journal of Social Robotics, 2020 - Springer
Develo** effective ways for robots to communicate with humans presents many significant
design challenges and requires detailed consideration of a wide range of factors. To …