ERC Advanced Grant · 2023
Understanding Human-Robot Bonding to Optimize Personal Support
Robots are rapidly entering the human arena as social entities to support education and healthcare where human resources fall short. The ease and naturalness with which humans interact with social robots forebode a high potential but also present new scientific challenges. I see a paradox of nót wanting to emulate humans in robots but still create the human feel in connectedness. Ample research has been done in engineering, design and computer sciences, yet, the question from a human perspective is understudied: Why would one be willing to befriend such a thing? While building affective relationships is crucial to prolonged human-robot interaction, no encompassing theory exists that…
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