The present study systematically reviewed scientific literature addressing the concept of
artificial companions (ACs). The dataset, which encompasses 22 years of research, was …

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 …

In recent years the robotics field has witnessed an interesting new trend. Several companies
started the production of service robots whose aim is to cooperate with humans. The robots …

The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of several design factors on people's
perceptions of rendered robot faces. Experiment 1 was a 2× 5× 2× 2 mixed 4-way ANOVA …

Encounters with robots in public spaces can be uncomfortable for people who have limited
or no experience in coexisting with robots, due to the lack of intuitiveness of robots' …

Many people who interact with robots in the near future will not have prior experience, and
they are likely to intuitively form their first impressions of the robot based on its appearance …

Having a social robot as interaction partner will increase within the next years. In public
spaces robots are already tested as information guide and assistance. However, the barrier …

Emotions represent a significant means of nonverbal communication and their expression
represents an important aspect of social robots functionality. There are two basic ways of …

Having in mind that humans use non-verbal communication extensively is very important to
enable social robots with this capacity. There are two basic ways how it can be expressed …

연구배경 BR 오늘날 로봇들은 인간의 감성적인 부분까지도 보살필 수 있는 존재로 주목받으며
다양한 서비스 분야에 적용되고 있다. 이러한 서비스 로봇들의 외형을 살펴보면 대부분 인간형 …