Children, the elderly, and interactive robots: Anthropomorphism and deception in robot care and companionship

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-38

  Sharkey, Amanda ^a   Sharkey, Noel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMOTIONAL EXPRESSIONS; HUMANOID ROBOT; INTERACTIVE ROBOT;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS;

EID: 79955551197     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2010.940151     Document Type: Article

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