Social Robots: Technological, Societal and Ethical Aspects of Human-Robot Interaction

Social robots not only work with humans in collaborative workspaces – we meet them in shopping malls and even more personal settings like health and care. Does this imply they should become more human, able to interpret and adequately respond to human emotions? Do we want them to help elderly person...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Korn, Oliver (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2019, 2019
Edition:1st ed. 2019
Series:Human–Computer Interaction Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • A Short History of the Perception of Robots and Automata from Antiquity to Modern Times
  • Designing Social Robots at Scales Beyond the Humanoid
  • A Study on Robot-Initiated Interaction: Toward Virtual Social Behavior
  • The Role of Gesture in Social Telepresence Robots
  • A Scenario of Distant Collaborative Problem-Solving
  • Unobtrusive Vital Data Recognition by Robots to Enhance Natural Human-Robot Communication
  • Interacting With Collaborative Robots – A Study on Attitudes and Acceptance in Industrial Contexts
  • A Social Robot in a Shopping Mall: Studies on Acceptance and Stakeholder Expectations
  • Multi-party Interaction in Public Spaces: Cross-cultural Variations in Parental and Nonparental Response to Robots’ Adaptive Strategies
  • Cross-Collaborative Approach to Socially-Assistive Robotics: A Case Study of Humanoid Robots in a Therapeutic Intervention for Autistic Children
  • Social Robots and Human Touch in Care: The Perceived Usefulness of Robot Assistance among Healthcare Professionals
  • Attitudes of Professionals toward the Need for Assistive and Social Robots in the Healthcare Sector
  • Evaluating the Sense of Safety and Security in Human-Robot Interaction with Older People
  • AMIGO - A Socially Assistive Robot for Coaching Multimodal Training of Persons with Dementia