This anthology is a response to the challenge that social robotics presents for our traditional
conceptions of social interaction, which presuppose such essential capacities as …

In this paper I shall discuss some consequences of robots' increasingly smart, autonomous,
and social behaviour. The main thesis supported is that robotics (and AI in general) offers a …

Robots are coming into different spheres of our daily lives, and therefore it is important that
we now reflect systematically and in a comprehensive and inclusive way on the effects this …

Like computers before them, social robots can be used as a fundamental research tool.
Indeed, they can help us to turn our attention from putative inner modules to thinking about …

This dissertation is a comparative cross-cultural case study of social robotics laboratories in
the United States and Japan. Social robots are autonomous embodied agents that can …

Social robots are on the brink of entering our lives. However, little knowledge is available
about how best to design them. This introductory chapter discusses the real-life social robots …

Abstract “Integrative Social Robotics”(ISR) is a new approach or general method for
generating social robotics applications that are culturally sustainable (Seibt 2016). The …

Industrial and domestic robotics provide fascinating and relevant perspective insights into
current and possible trajectories for the development of contemporary societies. While …

The aim of this paper is to sketch the basic motivations for “Integrative Social Robotics”(ISR),
as a new paradigm for how to approach research, design, and development of social …