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1. Are mindless robots less threatening? : The role of transparency about robots’ lack of human-like psychological capabilities
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskapAbstract : The use of social robots is often seen as a solution for handling future challenges such as caring for a growing population of elderly people. However, previous research has shown that robots can be perceived as threatening and for a successful implementation of robots in society we are dependent on the public’s acceptance of the technology. READ MORE
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2. Investigating the Emotional Impact of Social Robots : A Comparative Study on the Influence of Appearance and Application Area on Human Emotions
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskapAbstract : The rapid development of social robots, designed to interact with humans, has led to increased research on user acceptance and emotions in human-robot interaction. Social acceptance is an important area to investigate if the development of social robots is to be useful. READ MORE
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3. Human-Like Chatbot : A quantitative study of the emotional response toward human-to-machine interaction
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för företagande, innovation och hållbarhetAbstract : Problem formulation: The problem that the thesis research relates to is the limitations of artificially intelligent chatbots as interlocutors. The emotional component of communication plays an essential role in the customer experience, but many users have a negative attitude toward chatbots due to their lack of humanity and empathy. READ MORE
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4. Behavioural Observations as Objective Measures of Trust in Child-Robot Interaction: Mutual Gaze
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Människa-datorinteraktionAbstract : Given the subjective nature of trust as a phenomenon and its unified multifaceted contributions for every individual context,the development of a computational model of trust proves to be a difficult endeavour. In this study, we investigate mutual gaze as a behavioural measure of social trust and liking in child-robot interaction. READ MORE
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5. Evaluating Generated Co-Speech Gestures of Embodied Conversational Agent(ECA) through Real-Time Interaction
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : Embodied Conversational Agents (ECAs)’ gestures can enhance human perception in many dimensions during interactions. In recent years, data-driven gesture generation approaches for ECAs have attracted considerable research attention and effort, and methods have been continuously optimized. READ MORE