Effects of Assistive Robot Behavior on Impressions of Patient Psychological Attributes: Vignette-Based Human-Robot Interaction Study.

Journal: Journal of medical Internet research
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: As robots are increasingly designed for health management applications, it is critical to not only consider the effects robots will have on patients but also consider a patient's wider social network, including the patient's caregivers and health care providers, among others.

Authors

  • Meia Chita-Tegmark
    Tufts University, Medford, MA, United States.
  • Janet M Ackerman
    Tufts University, Medford, MA, United States.
  • Matthias Scheutz
    Human-Robot Interaction Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Tufts University , Medford, Massachusetts.