[HTML][HTML] What makes a robot social? A review of social robots from science fiction to a home or hospital near you

A Henschel, G Laban, ES Cross - Current Robotics Reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review We provide an outlook on the definitions, laboratory research,
and applications of social robots, with an aim to understand what makes a robot social—in …

[HTML][HTML] Human-like robots and the uncanny valley

M Mara, M Appel, T Gnambs - Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 2022 - econtent.hogrefe.com
In the field of human-robot interaction, the well-known uncanny valley hypothesis proposes
a curvilinear relationship between a robot's degree of human likeness and the observers' …

[PDF][PDF] Belief in sharing the same phenomenological experience increases the likelihood of adopting the intentional stance toward a humanoid robot

S Marchesi, D De Tommaso, J Perez-Osorio… - 2022 - assets.pubpub.org
Humans interpret and predict others' behaviors by ascribing intentions or beliefs, or in other
words, by adopting the intentional stance. Since artificial agents are increasingly populating …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of human social brain activity during eye-contact with another human and a humanoid robot

MS Kelley, JA Noah, X Zhang, B Scassellati… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Robot design to simulate interpersonal social interaction is an active area of research with
applications in therapy and companionship. Neural responses to eye-to-eye contact in …

Human vs humanoid. A behavioral investigation of the individual tendency to adopt the intentional stance

S Marchesi, N Spatola, J Perez-Osorio… - Proceedings of the 2021 …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Humans interpret and predict behavior of others with reference to mental states or, in other
words, by adopting the intentional stance. The present study investigated to what extent …

[HTML][HTML] Mind the eyes: artificial agents' eye movements modulate attentional engagement and anthropomorphic attribution

D Ghiglino, C Willemse, D De Tommaso… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Artificial agents are on their way to interact with us daily. Thus, the design of embodied
artificial agents that can easily cooperate with humans is crucial for their deployment in …

[HTML][HTML] Is it me or the robot? A critical evaluation of human affective state recognition in a cognitive task

D Jirak, M Aoki, T Yanagi, A Takamatsu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
A key goal in human-robot interaction (HRI) is to design scenarios between humanoid
robots and humans such that the interaction is perceived as collaborative and natural, yet …

[HTML][HTML] I am looking for your mind: Pupil dilation predicts individual differences in sensitivity to hints of human-likeness in robot behavior

S Marchesi, F Bossi, D Ghiglino… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The presence of artificial agents in our everyday lives is continuously increasing. Hence, the
question of how human social cognition mechanisms are activated in interactions with …

[HTML][HTML] The intentional stance test-2: How to measure the tendency to adopt intentional stance towards robots

N Spatola, S Marchesi, A Wykowska - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In human-robot interactions, people tend to attribute to robots mental states such as
intentions or desires, in order to make sense of their behaviour. This cognitive strategy is …

Play with me: complexity of human-robot interaction affects individuals' variability in intentionality attribution towards robots

D Ghiglino, S Marchesi, A Wykowska - 2023 - osf.io
During daily interactions with other people, humans spontaneously formulate
representations of others' goals, desires, and intentions. Past research argued that even …