Hardware companions? - What online AIBO discussion forums reveal about the human-robotic relationship

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 273-280

  Friedman, Batya ^a   Kahn Jr , Peter H ^a   Hagman, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

AIBO; Companionship; Ethics; Human values; Human robotic relationship; Moral development; Online community; Online discussion forums; Robotic pets; Social responses to technology; User conceptions; Value Sensitive Design; Virtual pets

Indexed keywords

ONLINE SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN ENGINEERING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

HUMAN-ROBOTIC RELATIONSHIP;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; ROBOTICS;

AIBO; COMPANIONSHIP; ETHICS; HUMAN VALUES; HUMAN-ROBOTIC RELATIONSHIP; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; ONLINE DISCUSSIONS; ROBOTIC PET; SOCIAL RESPONSES TO TECHNOLOGY; USER CONCEPTION; VALUE SENSITIVE DESIGN; VIRTUAL PETS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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