People tend to think voice-user AI interfaces such as Siri or Alexa are more competent and emotionally engaging if they exhibit social cues.
One hour long session with a cuddly seal-like social robot increased happiness, boosted oxytocin levels, and reduced pain in adults.
Robots that express vulnerability influences conversational dynamics between humans.
Young children are better able to understand what they are studying when they learn alongside a social robot.
Huggable, a social robot teddy bear, helps to improve various health and emotional outcomes for children in hospital.
A new study reports social robots may be good counselors. Researchers say the NAO robot is able to provide a helpful motivational interview, a technique used by counselors to support behavior change.
As social robotics is becoming more popular, researchers explore how people react to the technology. They report people show significantly stronger liking to faulty robots than those that interact perfectly.
Researchers unveil their next generation of social and telepresence robots.
