A scoping review of HRI Research on 'anthropomorphism': contributions to the method debate in HRI

MF Damholdt, OS Quick, J Seibt, C Vestergaard… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Anthropomorphism represents a central theoretical term in social robotics and human robot
interaction (HRI) research. However, the research into anthropomorphism displays several …

Ironies of social robotics

T Ziemke - Science Robotics, 2024 - science.org
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Beyond single‐mindedness: A figure‐ground reversal for the cognitive sciences

M Dingemanse, A Liesenfeld, M Rasenberg… - Cognitive …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A fundamental fact about human minds is that they are never truly alone: all minds are
steeped in situated interaction. That social interaction matters is recognized by any …

Loving a “defiant” AI companion? The gender performance and ethics of social exchange robots in simulated intimate interactions

J Leo-Liu - Computers in Human Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
As gendered AI social robot companions are widely questioned as detrimental to gender
ethics and relations, it remains controversial about how simulated gender relations should …

" What's That Robot Doing Here?": Perceptions Of Incidental Encounters With Autonomous Quadruped Robots

E Hauser, YC Chan, P Chonkar, G Hemkumar… - Proceedings of the First …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Autonomous service robots in a public setting will generate hundreds of incidental human-
robot encounters, yet researchers have only recently addressed this important topic in …

Novelty knows no boundaries: why a proper investigation of novelty effects within SHRI should begin by addressing the scientific plurality of the field

CV Smedegaard - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Research on psychological novelty effects within the fields of Social Robotics and Human-
Robot Interaction (together: SHRI) so far has failed to gather the momentum it deserves. With …

Antropo: An open-source platform to increase the anthropomorphism of the Franka Emika collaborative robot arm

C Scholz, HL Cao, I El Makrini, B Vanderborght - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Robot-to-human communication is important for mutual understanding during human-robot
collaboration. Most of the current collaborative robots (cobots) are designed with low levels …

Power-posing robots: The influence of a humanoid robot's posture and size on its perceived dominance, competence, eeriness, and threat

JP Stein, P Cimander, M Appel - International Journal of Social Robotics, 2022 - Springer
When interacting with sophisticated digital technologies, people often fall back on the same
interaction scripts they apply to the communication with other humans—especially if the …

(Counter-) stereotypical Gendering of Robots in Care: Impact on Needs Satisfaction and Gender Role Concepts in Men and Women Users

L Moradbakhti, M Mara, G Castellano… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
We present a video-based online study (N= 222) examining the impacts of gendering an in-
home, socially assistive robot designed to aid with rehabilitative engagement. Specifically …

Charismatic speech features in robot instructions enhance team creativity

K Fucinato, O Niebuhr, S Nørskov… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
This study examines whether a social robot can enable team creativity and increase team
performance depending on its speaking style. The aim is to provide insight into human …