This study of anthropomorphic response to artificial intelligence begins with an extensive
review of the literature and an identification of conceptual distinctions between …

Social robots serve people as tutors, caretakers, receptionists, companions, and other social
agents. People know that the robots are mechanical artifacts, yet they interact with them as if …

Standardized metrics for assessing the success of robots is a necessity for a research field to
compare and validate results. The Godspeed Questionnaire Series (GQS) is one of the most …

Autonomous vehicles use sensors and artificial intelligence to drive themselves. Surveys
indicate that people are fascinated by the idea of autonomous driving, but are hesitant to …

Personal intelligent agents are systems that are autonomous, aware of their environment,
continuously learning and adapting to change, able to interact using natural language and …

Humans recognise and respond to robots as social agents, to such extent that they
occasionally attempt to bully a robot. The current paper investigates whether aggressive …

Robots have been widely used in social production, especially in the service industry. As
their use continues to spread, their anthropomorphic design, which increases a robot's …

The number of industrial robots and collaborative robots on manufacturing shopfloors has
been rapidly increasing over the past decades. However, research on industrial robot …

A new race of artifacts comes equipped with behavioral properties. Those properties
transmute the very nature of the object, granting it a life of its own and a special status that …

To what extent can humans form social relationships with robots? In the present study, we
combined functional neuroimaging with a robot socializing intervention to probe the …