Robots as assistive technology - Does appearance matter?

Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 277-282

  Robins, Ben ^a   Dautenhahn, Kerstin ^a   Te Boekhorst, René ^a   Billard, Aude ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MACHINE DESIGN; ROBOTICS; SENSORS; SPEECH PROCESSING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER BASED TECHNOLOGIES; HUMANOID ROBOTS; INTERACTION SKILLS; ROBOT DESIGN;

ROBOTS;

EID: 20444446283     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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