Empathy in virtual agents and robots: A survey

A Paiva, I Leite, H Boukricha, I Wachsmuth - ACM Transactions on …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
This article surveys the area of computational empathy, analysing different ways by which
artificial agents can simulate and trigger empathy in their interactions with humans …

Anthropomorphism and human likeness in the design of robots and human-robot interaction

J Fink - Social Robotics: 4th International Conference, ICSR …, 2012 - Springer
In this literature review we explain anthropomorphism and its role in the design of socially
interactive robots and human-robot interaction. We illustrate the social phenomenon of …

How robots influence humans: A survey of nonverbal communication in social human–robot interaction

S Saunderson, G Nejat - International Journal of Social Robotics, 2019 - Springer
As robots become more prevalent in society, investigating the interactions between humans
and robots is important to ensure that these robots adhere to the social norms and …

Evolving trust in robots: specification through sequential and comparative meta-analyses

PA Hancock, TT Kessler, AD Kaplan, JC Brill… - Human …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective The objectives of this meta-analysis are to explore the presently available
empirical findings on the antecedents of trust in robots and use this information to expand …

[HTML][HTML] Service Robotics and Human Labor: A first technology assessment of substitution and cooperation

M Decker, M Fischer, I Ott - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2017 - Elsevier
Since the beginning of robotics, the substitution of human labor has been one of the crucial
issues. The focus is on the economic perspective, asking how robotics affects the labor …

Empathic robots for long-term interaction: evaluating social presence, engagement and perceived support in children

I Leite, G Castellano, A Pereira, C Martinho… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
As a great number of robotic products are entering people's lives, the question of how can
they behave in order to sustain long-term interactions with users becomes increasingly more …

How ethical issues raised by human–robot interaction can impact the intention to use the robot?

R Etemad-Sajadi, A Soussan, T Schöpfer - International journal of social …, 2022 - Springer
The goal of this research is to focus on the ethical issues linked to the interaction between
humans and robots in a service delivery context. Through this user study, we want to see …

[HTML][HTML] Real-time emotion generation in human-robot dialogue using large language models

C Mishra, R Verdonschot, P Hagoort… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Affective behaviors enable social robots to not only establish better connections with
humans but also serve as a tool for the robots to express their internal states. It has been …

Poor thing! Would you feel sorry for a simulated robot? A comparison of empathy toward a physical and a simulated robot

SH Seo, D Geiskkovitch, M Nakane, C King… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
In designing and evaluating human-robot interactions and interfaces, researchers often use
a simulated robot due to the high cost of robots and time required to program them …

Robots beyond Science Fiction: mutual learning in human–robot interaction on the way to participatory approaches

A Weiss, K Spiel - AI & society, 2022 - Springer
Putting laypeople in an active role as direct expert contributors in the design of service
robots becomes more and more prominent in the research fields of human–robot interaction …