Are consumers more attracted to restaurants featuring humanoid or non-humanoid service robots?

H Huang, SQ Liu - International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2022 - Elsevier
The restaurant industry has witnessed a dramatic rise of service robots. Previous research
suggests that humanoid service robots are perceived as social entities and thus might lead …

Consumer resistance to service robots at the hotel front desk: A mixed-methods research

X Wang, Z Zhang, D Huang, Z Li - Tourism Management Perspectives, 2023 - Elsevier
The diffusion of service robots, powered by artificial intelligence (AI) technology, at the hotel
front desk is facing challenges. Drawing on innovation resistance literature, this study …

The impact of service robots on customer satisfaction online ratings: The moderating effects of rapport and contextual review factors

M Borghi, MM Mariani, RP Vega… - Psychology & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent research has established a positive relationship between the use of service robots
powered by artificial intelligence in hospitality firms and customer satisfaction online ratings …

Past, present, and future of anthropomorphism in hospitality & tourism: Conceptualization and systematic review

R Husain, VV Ratna, A Saxena - Journal of Hospitality Marketing & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The employment of anthropomorphism in promotion has witnessed a notable surge in recent
times, surpassing prevous levels in the hospitality and tourism sectors. This research …

A natural apology is sincere: Understanding chatbots' performance in symbolic recovery

J Zhang, Y Zhu, J Wu, GF Yu-Buck - International Journal of Hospitality …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although chatbots have been widely used in dealing with service complaints, knowledge
about the recovery performance of chatbots is limited. Drawing upon lay belief and …

Hotel robots: an exploratory study of generation Z customers in China

Y Chen, T Xue, A Tuomi, Z Wang - Tourism Review, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Given little light has been shed on the preference of Generation Z tourists or tourists
from different cultural backgrounds toward service robot preference in hospitality contexts …

Service robots: the dynamic effects of anthropomorphism and functional perceptions on consumers' responses

KKF So, H Kim, SQ Liu, X Fang, J Wirtz - European Journal of …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Although humanoid robots are increasingly adopted in many business settings, the
dynamic effects of anthropomorphism and the functional perceptions of service robots on …

A shared journey: Experiential perspective and empirical evidence of virtual social robot ChatGPT's priori acceptance

A Abadie, S Chowdhury, SK Mangla - Technological Forecasting and Social …, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to recent technological advancements, social robots are becoming increasingly
prevalent in the consumer space. ChatGPT, a virtual social robot, has captured significant …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of anthropomorphic cues on patients' perceived anthropomorphism, social presence, trust building, and acceptance of health care …

Q Li, Y Luximon, J Zhang - Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2023 - jmir.org
Background The last decade has witnessed the rapid development of health care
conversational agents (CAs); however, there are still great challenges in making health care …

Research on the frontier and prospect of service robots in the tourism and hospitality industry based on International Core Journals: A Review

M Chen, X Wang, R Law, M Zhang - Behavioral Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper used the mixed research method of bibliometric and content analysis to study
284 studies on service robots in the tourism and hospitality industry collected from the Web …