Are physically embodied social agents better than disembodied social agents? : the effects of physical embodiment, tactile interaction, and people's loneliness in human–robot interaction

Two experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of physical embodiment in human-agent interaction. Experiment 1 (N = 32) shows positive effects of physical embodiment on the feeling of an agent's social presence, the evaluation of the agent, the assessment of public evaluation of the...

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Main Authors: Lee, Kwan Min, Jung, Younbo, Kim, Jaywoo, Kim, Sang Ryong
Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100910
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18223