Assistive robots have the potential to support older people and people with disabilities in
various tasks so that they can live more independently. One of the research challenges is …

Developments and new advances in medical technology and the improvement of people's
living standards have helped to make many people healthier. However, there are still large …

To promote acceptance and use of social robots, the application of lifelike design features
has been established as a promising design principle. The majority of research to date …

Evaluation of robots commonly occurs using various stimuli, including photos, videos, and
live interaction. However, a better understanding of how and why chosen stimuli affect …

Robot design is a critical component of human-robot interaction. A robot's appearance
shapes people's expectations of that robot, which in turn affect human-robot interaction. This …

Service robots have increasingly been investigated in retailing. Previous studies mainly
focused on the effectiveness of recommendation with regard to a single robot, and whether …

Humans report perceptions of unease or eeriness as humanoid/android robots and digital
avatars approach human-like physical resemblance, a phenomenon alluded by the …

This research seeks to identify the factors that affect people's decision to purchase, or to not
purchase, social robots for their homes. To this aim, we focus on a specific technological use …

This paper presents the results of an experiment that was designed to explore whether users
assigned an ethnic identity to the Misty II robot based on the robot's voice accent, place of …

With an ageing population, more and more older people are expected to remain in their
living environment. Mobile robots, whose market is expected to increasingly grow, could …