Abstract Purpose of Review Current real-world interaction between humans and robots is extremely limited. We present challenges that, if addressed, will enable humans and robots …
Anthropomorphic robots, or robots with human-like appearance features such as eyes, hands, or faces, have drawn considerable attention in recent years. To date, what makes a …
Autonomous systems will play an essential role in many applications across diverse domains including space, marine, air, field, road, and service robotics. They will assist us in …
G Laban, A Kappas, V Morrison, ES Cross - International Journal of Social …, 2024 - Springer
While interactions with social robots are novel and exciting for many people, one concern is the extent to which people's behavioural and emotional engagement might be sustained …
Many independent studies in social robotics and human–robot interaction have gained knowledge on various factors that affect people's perceptions of and behaviors toward …
MMA de Graaf - International journal of social robotics, 2016 - Springer
When people interact with socially interactive robots on a regular basis, it could be that people start developing some kind of relationship with such robots. People are able to get …
This paper introduces the Internet-of-Things (IoT) and describes its evolution from a concept proposed by Kevin Ashton in 1999 through its public emergence in 2005 in a United Nations …
Research on why people refuse or abandon the use of technology in general, and robots specifically, is still scarce. Consequently, the academic understanding of people's …
Numerous studies in social psychology have shown that familiarization across repeated interactions improves people's perception of the other. If and how these findings relate to …