This future-oriented study examines the opportunities and challenges offered by social
robots and communication technology when aiming to decrease emotional and social …

A humanoid robot named 'Sophia'has sparked controversy since it has been given
citizenship and has done media performances all over the world. The company that made …

Understanding the moral consideration of AIs as moral patients is increasingly critical given
their rapid integration into daily life and the projected proliferation of advanced AIs. We …

Previous research in the social sciences has shown that haptic interaction rituals are critical
for maintaining social relationships. However, during the coronavirus (COVID-19) …

Twenty-five years ago, robotics guru Joseph Engelberger had a mission to motivate
research teams all over the world to design the 'Elderly Care Giver', a multitasking personal …

Social robotics and HRI are in need of a unified and differentiated theoretical framework
where, relative to interaction context, robotic properties can be related to types of human …

Mindful human–computer interaction has been increasingly used to induce emotion
regulation. The Coral Morph is an artistic shape-changing textile installation designed for …

This roadmap summarises a six-year multidisciplinary research project called Robots and
the Future of Welfare Services (ROSE), funded by the Strategic Research Council (SRC) …

Care work robotization is socially constructed by several mechanisms, including the law and
the codes of ethics shared by occupational groups. Using the dichotomy of effective and …

AI (broadly speaking) as a discipline and practice has tended to misconstrue social
cognition by failing to properly appreciate the role and structure of the interaction itself …