Human-Robot Personal Relationships: Third International Conference, HRPR 2010, Leiden, The Netherlands, June 23-24, 2010, Revised Selected Papers

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Maarten H. Lamers, Fons J. Verbeek
Springer, Mar 7, 2011 - Computers - 139 pages
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third International Conference on Human-Robot Personal Relationships, held in Leiden, The Netherlands, in June 2010. The 16 revised full papers presented together with 2 invited papers and 1 keynote lecture were carefully reviewed and selected from 22 submissions. The papers feature and discuss studies of personal relationships with artificial partners, their formation, their possibilities and their consequences. Such personal relationships are increasingly attracting attention from scientific fields as (social) robotics, human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, psychology, philosophy, sociology.
 

Contents

Theorizing Human and SociableTechnology Interaction
1
Towards a Sociological Understanding of Robots as Companions
11
The Development of an Online Research Tool to Investigate Childrens Social Bonds with Robots
19
Spatial Sounds 100dB at 100kmh in the Context of Human Robot Personal Relationships
27
Interaction between Task Oriented and Affective Information Processing in Cognitive Robotics
34
Childrens Perception and Interpretation of Robots and Robot Behaviour
42
Can Children Have a Relationship with a Robot?
49
EmotiRob Project
57
The Potential of Socially Assistive Robotics in Care for Elderly a Systematic Review
83
Artists and Androids
90
Digital Adultery MetaAnon Widows RealWorld Divorce and the Need for a Virtual Sexual Ethic
98
Modeling Mixed Groups of Humans and Robots with Reflexive Game Theory
108
A Design Process for Lovotics
118
On the Linguistic Construction of Personal HumanRobot Relations
126
Using Empathy to Improve HumanRobot Relationships
130
Author Index
139

Investigation on Requirements of Robotic Platforms to Teach Social Skills to Individuals with Autism
65
Adventures of Harvey Use Acceptance of and Relationship Building with a Social Robot in a Domestic Environment
74

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