Feeling with a robot—the role of anthropomorphism by design and the tendency to anthropomorphize in human-robot interaction

The implementation of anthropomorphic features in regard to appearance and framing is widely supposed to increase empathy towards robots. However, recent research used mainly tasks that are rather atypical for daily human-robot interactions like sacrificing or destroying robots. The scope of the cur...

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Main Authors: Sarah Schömbs, Jacobe Klein, Eileen Roesler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Robotics and AI
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frobt.2023.1149601/full