Biological movement increases acceptance of humanoid robots as human partners in motor interaction

AI and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 339-345

  Kupferberg, Aleksandra ^a   Glasauer, Stefan ^a   Huber, Markus ^a   Rickert, Markus ^b   Knoll, Alois ^b   Brandt, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action perception coupling; Humanoid robot; Interaction; Mirror neuron system; Motor interference; Motor resonance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255126266     PISSN: 09515666     EISSN: 14355655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00146-010-0314-2     Document Type: Article

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