With the development of mobile robots, research on interpersonal distances grew by a new
body of research introducing new opportunities to environmental psychology. In this review …

The aim of this review was to examine the pros and cons of humanizing social robots
following a psychological perspective. As such, we had six goals. First, we defined what …

The surveillance and security of areas such as home, laboratory, office, factory, and airports,
are important to prevent any threatening to human lives. Mobile robots are proven their …

The wide adoption of conversational voice assistants has shaped how we interact with this
technology while simultaneously highlighting and reinforcing negative stereotypes. For …

The pervasiveness and increasing sophistication of artificial intelligence (AI)-based artifacts
within private, organizational, and social realms change how humans interact with …

Voice assistants' increasingly nuanced and natural communication bears new opportunities
for user experiences and task automation, while challenging existing patterns of human …

In the design of robots that have to share spaces with humans, design plays an important
role in the acceptance, and sound is one further aspect that should not be neglected, in …

Abstract Research on Human-Technology Interactions revealed that, under certain
conditions, people instinctively interact with social robots in ways comparable to Human …

The assignment of gender to robots is a debatable topic. Subtle aspects related to gender, in
a robot's appearance, may create biased expectations of the robot's abilities and influence …

While population aging has sharply increased the demand for nursing staff, it has also
increased the workload of nursing staff. Although some nursing homes use robots to perform …