Prior research has investigated the effect of interactive social agents presented on computer
screens or embodied in robots. Much of this research has been pursued in labs and brief …

We conducted a field study to investigate the social acceptance of social robots by stores,
particularly for attracting passersby, which today's robots can autonomously perform. From …

Abstract Service robots, such as the Savioke Relay, are becoming available in human
environments such as hotels. It is important for these robots to not only be functional, but …

This paper discusses the use of observational studies of human-robot social interaction in
open human-inhabited environments as a method for improving on the design and …

The cooperation between humans and robots is becoming increasingly important in our
society. Consequently, there is a growing interest in the development of models that can …

The mental structures that people apply towards other people have been shown to influence
the way people cooperate with others. These mental structures or schemas evoke …

This paper explores how a robot's physical presence affects human judgments of the robot
as a social partner. For this experiment, participants collaborated on simple book-moving …

Introducing robots in the workplace entails new practices and configurations at the
individual, organizational, and social levels. Prior work has focused on how robots may have …

Given the recent advances in robot and synthetic character technology, many researchers
are now focused on ways of establishing social relations between these agents and humans …

Since social robots are increasingly entering areas of people's personal lives, it is crucial to
examine what affects people's perceptions and evaluations of these robots. In this study …