With the rise of automated and autonomous agents, research examining Trust in Automation
(TiA) has attracted considerable attention over the last few decades. Trust is a rich and …

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 …

In recent years, gesture recognition and speech recognition, as important input methods in
Human–Computer Interaction (HCI), have been widely used in the field of virtual reality. In …

While interactions with social robots are novel and exciting for many people, one concern is
the extent to which people's behavioural and emotional engagement might be sustained …

As robots advance from the pages and screens of science fiction into our homes, hospitals,
and schools, they are poised to take on increasingly social roles. Consequently, the need to …

Entropy is a powerful tool for quantification of the brain function and its information
processing capacity. This is evident in its broad domain of applications that range from …

Robotic agents designed to assist people across a variety of social and service settings are
becoming increasingly prevalent across the world. Here we synthesise two decades of …

Despite growing literature on various aspects of robot perception by humans, little is still
known about how robots' anthropomorphism is perceived at various degrees of conscious …

A large and increasing number of people around the world experience cognitive disability.
Rehabilitation robotics has provided promising training and assistance approaches to …

Purpose This study aims to extend the technology acceptance model (TAM) to examine
whether the introduction of robots influences employees' behavioral intentions to use robots …