OBJECTIVES: Interacting with socially assistive robots (SAR) has been shown to influence human behaviors and emotions. This study sought to review the literature on SAR intervention for reducing pediatric distress and pain in medical settings.
In this article, we study human electromagnetic exposure to the radiation of an ultra dense network of nodes integrated in a floor denoted as ATTO-cell floor, or ATTO-floor. ATTO-cells are a prospective 5 G wireless networking technology, in which hu...
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Apr 29, 2019
Social interaction is an extremely complex yet vital component in daily life. We present a bottom-up approach for the emergence of social behaviours from the interaction of the curiosity drive, i.e. the intrinsic motivation to learn as much as possib...
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Apr 29, 2019
The paper spells out the rationale for developing means of manipulating and of measuring people's sense of commitment to robot interaction partners. A sense of commitment may lead people to be patient when a robot is not working smoothly, to remain v...
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Apr 29, 2019
Imagined contact (IC), that is, mentally simulating an interaction with an outgroup member, reduces negative attitudes towards outgroup members, increases contact intentions, and reduces intergroup anxiety in human-human intergroup context. Our exper...
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Apr 29, 2019
In the increasingly popular and diverse research area of social robotics, the primary goal is to develop robot agents that exhibit socially intelligent behaviour while interacting in a face-to-face context with human partners. An important aspect of ...
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Apr 29, 2019
This opinion paper discusses how human-robot interaction (HRI) methodologies can be robustly developed by drawing on insights from fields outside of HRI that explore human-other interactions. The paper presents a framework that draws parallels betwee...
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