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Use of the PARO robot as a social mediator in a sample of children with neurodevelopmental disorders and typical development.

La Clinica terapeutica
BACKGROUND: Social robotics is a research field aimed at providing robots with skills related to social behavior and natural human interaction. Many studies have demonstrated the efficacy of these robots as socio-communicative mediators. Others have ...

A Response to Paolo Euron's "Uncanny Beauty: Aesthetics of Companionship, Love, and Sex Robots".

Artificial life
The emergence of sex robots raises important issues about what it means to be human and the commodification of love, companionship, and sex. This commentary discusses the following question: If some members of society relate to robots as "humans," wh...

Comment on Paolo Euron's "Uncanny Beauty: Aesthetics of Companionship, Love, and Sex Robots".

Artificial life
Paolo Euron's "Uncanny Beauty: Aesthetics of Companionship, Love, and Sex Robots" lays out a vision for appreciating sex robots in aesthetic terms, centering the concept of "beauty" as a measure of what they can inspire culturally and existentially. ...

Uncanny Beauty: Aesthetics of Companionship, Love, and Sex Robots.

Artificial life
In the last few years there has been a lively debate on humanoid robots interacting with humans in fields where human appearance and likeness may be essential. The debate has been bolstered by advancing AI technologies as well as increasing economic ...

Human-Robot Confluence: Toward a Humane Robotics.

Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking
The new humanoid robots not only perform tasks, but also can activate interactions and social relationships with other robots and with humans. In this view, the diffusion of humanoid robots with a physical structure reminiscent of the human body, end...

Examining joint attention with the use of humanoid robots-A new approach to study fundamental mechanisms of social cognition.

Psychonomic bulletin & review
This article reviews methods to investigate joint attention and highlights the benefits of new methodological approaches that make use of the most recent technological developments, such as humanoid robots for studying social cognition. After reviewi...