AIMC Topic: Social Interaction

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Is two cuter than one? number and relationship effects on the feeling of kawaii toward social robots.

PloS one
Kawaii, which is a Japanese word that means cute, lovely, and adorable, is an essential factor in promoting positive emotions in people. The characteristics of a target's appearance that induce such feelings of kawaii have been thoroughly investigate...

Evaluating the Use of a Robot in a Hematological Intensive Care Unit: A Pilot Study.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
The aim of the SYRIACA project was to test the capability of a social robot to perform specific tasks in healthcare settings, reducing infection risks for patients and caregivers. The robot was piloted in an Intensive Hematological Unit, where the pa...

Forming We-intentions under breakdown situations in human-robot interactions.

Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: When agents (e.g. a person and a social robot) perform a joint activity to achieve a joint goal, they require sharing a relevant group intention, which has been defined as a We-intention. In forming We-intentions, breakdown ...

Determinants of Attitude to a Humanoid Social Robot in Care for Older Adults: A Post-Interaction Study.

Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
BACKGROUND While there is a growing body of research examining opinions on social robots in elderly care, there is a lack of comprehensive studies investigating the underlying factors influencing these opinions. The Godspeed Questionnaire Series (GQS...

The Godspeed Questionnaire Series in the Assessment of the Social Robot TIAGo by Older Individuals.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
(1) Background: A robot in care for older adults requires solid research confirming its acceptance. The aim of this study was to present the Polish version of the Godspeed Questionnaire Series (GQS) and assess the perception of the social robot TIAGo...

The Effects of Stakeholder Perceptions on the Use of Humanoid Robots in Care for Older Adults: Postinteraction Cross-Sectional Study.

Journal of medical Internet research
BACKGROUND: Efficient use of humanoid social robots in the care for older adults requires precise knowledge of expectations in this area. There is little research in this field that includes the interaction of stakeholders with the robot. Even fewer ...

Potential Facilitators of and Barriers to Implementing the MINI Robot in Community-Based Meeting Centers for People With Dementia and Their Carers in the Netherlands and Spain: Explorative Qualitative Study.

Journal of medical Internet research
BACKGROUND: Social robots, as a form of digital health technologies, are used to support emotional, cognitive, and physical care and have shown promising outcomes in enhancing social well-being in people with dementia (PwD) by boosting emotions, soci...

Application of Social Robots in Healthcare: Review on Characteristics, Requirements, Technical Solutions.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Cyber-physical or virtual systems or devices that are capable of autonomously interacting with human or non-human agents in real environments are referred to as social robots. The primary areas of application for biomedical technology are nursing hom...

How can social robot use cases in healthcare be pushed - with an interoperable programming interface.

BMC medical informatics and decision making
INTRODUCTION: Research into current robot middleware has revealed that most of them are either too complicated or outdated. These facts have motivated the development of a new middleware to meet the requirements of usability by non-experts. The propo...