A systematic review of attitudes, anxiety, acceptance, and trust towards social robots

S Naneva, M Sarda Gou, TL Webb… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
As social robots become more common, there is a need to understand how people perceive
and interact with such technology. This systematic review seeks to estimate people's …

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 …

Social touch in human–computer interaction

JBF Van Erp, A Toet - Frontiers in digital humanities, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Touch is our primary non-verbal communication channel for conveying intimate emotions
and as such essential for our physical and emotional wellbeing. In our digital age, human …

Social touch technology: A survey of haptic technology for social touch

G Huisman - IEEE transactions on haptics, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This survey provides an overview of work on haptic technology for social touch. Social touch
has been studied extensively in psychology and neuroscience. With the development of new …

Evaluating human-robot interaction: Focusing on the holistic interaction experience

JE Young, JY Sung, A Voida, E Sharlin… - International Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
The experience of interacting with a robot has been shown to be very different in comparison
to people's interaction experience with other technologies and artifacts, and often has a …

Social touch in human–robot interaction: Robot-initiated touches can induce positive responses without extensive prior bonding

CJAM Willemse, JBF Van Erp - International journal of social robotics, 2019 - Springer
Social touch interactions can, depending on the type and strength of the dyadic social
relationship, elicit a plethora of physiological, emotional, and behavioral responses; both …

More than a feeling—interrelation of trust layers in human-robot interaction and the role of user dispositions and state anxiety

L Miller, J Kraus, F Babel, M Baumann - Frontiers in psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
With service robots becoming more ubiquitous in social life, interaction design needs to
adapt to novice users and the associated uncertainty in the first encounter with this …

Predicting intention to work with social robots at anticipation stage: Assessing the role of behavioral desire and anticipated emotions

N Piçarra, JC Giger - Computers in Human Behavior, 2018 - Elsevier
Social robots are designed to interact, collaborate, and work with people, engaging them at
an interpersonal and socio-affective level. The goal directed model was used to study the …

Softness, warmth, and responsiveness improve robot hugs

AE Block, KJ Kuchenbecker - International Journal of Social Robotics, 2019 - Springer
Hugs are one of the first forms of contact and affection humans experience. Due to their
prevalence and health benefits, roboticists are naturally interested in having robots one day …

Does a robot's touch encourage human effort?

M Shiomi, K Nakagawa, K Shinozawa… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
The paper investigated the effects on a person being touched by a robot to motivate her.
Human science literature has shown that touches to others facilitate efforts of touched …