Not all robots are evaluated equally: the impact of morphological features on robots' assessment through capability attributions

L Kunold, N Bock… - ACM Transactions on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Favorable assessments of social robots are addressed in several research and
development attempts because positive attitudes and intentions towards technology are …

Investigation of Relationships Between Embodiment Perceptions and Perceived Social Presence in Human–Robot Interactions

JA Sasser, DS McConnell, JA Smither - International Journal of Social …, 2024 - Springer
The corporeality of social robots can be broken down into anthropomorphic (humanoid),
zoomorphic (animal-like), mechanoid (machine-like), and functional (use-based). The effects …

Are you paying attention? the effect of embodied interaction with an adaptive robot tutor on user engagement and learning performance

A Vrins, E Pruss, J Prinsen, C Ceccato… - … Conference on Social …, 2022 - Springer
Robots are becoming increasingly popular as a teaching aid in language learning. For
language learning, which relies on inter-personal interactions and references to the physical …

I enjoyed the chance to meet you and I will always remember you: Healthy Older Adults' Conversations with Misty the Robot

J Miller, T McDaniel - 2022 17th ACM/IEEE International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We conducted a 2× 2 Wizard of Oz between-subject user study with sixteen healthy older
adults. We investigated how to make social robots converse more naturally and reciprocally …

" Can I Consider You My Friend?" Moving Beyond One-Sided Conversation in Social Robotics

J Miller - 2022 - search.proquest.com
As people begin to live longer and the population shifts to having more older adults on Earth
than young children, radical solutions will be needed to ease the burden on society. It will be …