Abstract Machines powered by artificial intelligence increasingly mediate our social, cultural,
economic and political interactions. Understanding the behaviour of artificial intelligence …

Personality has been identified as a vital factor in understanding the quality of human–robot
interactions. Despite this the research in this area remains fragmented and lacks a coherent …

This paper makes the case for designing interactive robots with their expressive movement
in mind. As people are highly sensitive to physical movement and spatiotemporal …

A service robot is a physical entity integrated with information technology (IT) which can
autonomously provide customized services to people. While the use of robots is regarded as …

The growing prevalence of interactions between humans and machines, coupled with the
rapid development of intelligent and human-like features in technology, necessitates …

A service robot performs various professional services and domestic/personal services
useful for organizations and humans in many application domains. Currently, the service …

Consciousness plays an important role in debates around the mind-body problem, the
controversy over strong vs. weak artificial intelligence (AI), and bioethics. Strikingly …

Empirical investigations on the uncanny valley have almost solely focused on the analysis of
people's non-interactive perception of a robot at first sight. Recent studies suggest, however …

Given the increasing academic interest in in-home consumption and the fragmented,
multidisciplinary scholarly knowledge in this area, this study provides a first systematic effort …

Rapid technological and scientific developments in the robotics field have led to the
expansion of the use of service robots in domestic environments. The purpose of the study …