There is a growing body of work reporting on experimental work on social robotics (SR)
used for persuasive purposes. We report a comprehensive review on persuasive social …

Artificial intelligence is increasingly influencing our daily lives. Algorithms enable objects to
act autonomously, make decisions without the user's consent, and thus threaten the user's …

In the last years, there have been rapid developments in social robotics, which bring about
the prospect of their application as persuasive robots to support behavior change. In order to …

Research in the field of social robotics suggests that enhancing social cues in robots can
elicit more social responses in users. It is however not clear how users respond socially to …

Studies have shown that people conform their answers to match those of group members
even when they believe the group's answer to be wrong [2]. In this experiment, we test …

In the near future, robots will function in social roles and attempt to influence the user's
behavior and/or thinking. The current contribution analyses how to influence robot influence …

This study investigated the effects of two text-based framings ('social'vs.'technical') of a robot.
We aimed to discover whether a robot framed as 'social'is perceived as more social and …

The ability to impact the attitudes and behaviours of others is a key aspect of human-human
interaction. The same capability is a desideratum in human-robot interaction when it can …

The persuasiveness of a virtual agent refers to its ability to influence, persuade, or motivate
users to take specific actions or adopt certain attitudes or beliefs. Virtual agents can use its …

In order to motivate the user to change her/his behavior or attitudes, for instance to practice
physical activities to improve her/his well-being, virtual agents should have persuasive …