Ethorobotics: A New Approach to Human-Robot Relationship
Here we aim to lay the theoretical foundations of human-robot relationship drawing upon insights from disciplines that govern relevant human behaviors: ecology and ethology. We show how the paradox of the so called “uncanny valley hypothesis” can be solved by applying the “niche” concept to social r...
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| author | Ádám Miklósi Ádám Miklósi Péter Korondi Vicente Matellán Márta Gácsi |
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| description | Here we aim to lay the theoretical foundations of human-robot relationship drawing upon insights from disciplines that govern relevant human behaviors: ecology and ethology. We show how the paradox of the so called “uncanny valley hypothesis” can be solved by applying the “niche” concept to social robots, and relying on the natural behavior of humans. Instead of striving to build human-like social robots, engineers should construct robots that are able to maximize their performance in their niche (being optimal for some specific functions), and if they are endowed with appropriate form of social competence then humans will eventually interact with them independent of their embodiment. This new discipline, which we call ethorobotics, could change social robotics, giving a boost to new technical approaches and applications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1f8b2aa3cc8d40d6be6d2059238fbb562022-12-21T23:51:37ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782017-06-01810.3389/fpsyg.2017.00958246633Ethorobotics: A New Approach to Human-Robot RelationshipÁdám Miklósi0Ádám Miklósi1Péter Korondi2Vicente Matellán3Márta Gácsi4Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd UniversityBudapest, HungaryMagyar Tudományos Akadémia – Eötvös Loránd University Comparative Ethology Research GroupBudapest, HungaryDepartment of Mechatronics, Optics and Information Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsBudapest, HungaryDepartamento Ingeniería Mecánica, Informática y Aeroespacial, Universidad de LeónLeón, SpainMagyar Tudományos Akadémia – Eötvös Loránd University Comparative Ethology Research GroupBudapest, HungaryHere we aim to lay the theoretical foundations of human-robot relationship drawing upon insights from disciplines that govern relevant human behaviors: ecology and ethology. We show how the paradox of the so called “uncanny valley hypothesis” can be solved by applying the “niche” concept to social robots, and relying on the natural behavior of humans. Instead of striving to build human-like social robots, engineers should construct robots that are able to maximize their performance in their niche (being optimal for some specific functions), and if they are endowed with appropriate form of social competence then humans will eventually interact with them independent of their embodiment. This new discipline, which we call ethorobotics, could change social robotics, giving a boost to new technical approaches and applications.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00958/fullsocial roboticsethologyhuman-robot interactionnichesocial competencedog |
| spellingShingle | Ádám Miklósi Ádám Miklósi Péter Korondi Vicente Matellán Márta Gácsi Ethorobotics: A New Approach to Human-Robot Relationship Frontiers in Psychology social robotics ethology human-robot interaction niche social competence dog |
| title | Ethorobotics: A New Approach to Human-Robot Relationship |
| title_full | Ethorobotics: A New Approach to Human-Robot Relationship |
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| title_short | Ethorobotics: A New Approach to Human-Robot Relationship |
| title_sort | ethorobotics a new approach to human robot relationship |
| topic | social robotics ethology human-robot interaction niche social competence dog |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00958/full |
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