When people interact with socially interactive robots on a regular basis, it could be that
people start developing some kind of relationship with such robots. People are able to get …

Many users of the Internet are aware of bots: automated programs that work behind the
scenes to come up with search suggestions, check the weather, filter emails, or clean up …

We investigated obedience to an authoritative robot and asked experiment participants to do
a task they would rather not do. Obedience questions are increasingly important as robots …

This paper discusses whether we should grant moral consideration to robots. Contemporary
approaches in support of doing so centers around a relational appearance based approach …

Whether we recognize it as such or not, we are in the midst of a robot invasion. Autonomous
machines are now everywhere and doing everything. We chat with them online, we play with …

Media technology enables people to have social interactions with the technology itself.
Robots are a new form of media that people can communicate with as independent entities …

Whether we recognize it as such or not, we are in the midst of a robot invasion. Autonomous
machines are now everywhere and doing everything. We chat with them online, we play with …