When using assistive systems, the consideration of individual and cultural meaning is crucial for the utility and acceptance of technology. Orientation, communication and interaction are rooted in perception and therefore…
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Cultural differences and cross-cultural aspects are frequently addressed in HRI research, both as an explanation for interpreting study results [1] as well as an object of the study itself [2].…
The terminology to describe so called social robots is not consistent across literature but depends on the particular research emphasis. Robots are often described as “socially evocative“, “socially situated“, “sociable”,…
Abstract Pictures serve as a memory of situations and experiences that people make. This project places a smartphone in the hands of the humanoid robot Romeo and transfers the act…
Oliver Schürer Most recent work on domestic and office robotics is premised on one of two alternative conceptions: robots are envisaged as either instrumental or assistive. While instrumental robots take…