When a robot is social: Spatial arrangements and multimodal semiotic engagement in the practice of social robotics

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 893-926

  Alač, Morana ^a   Movellan, Javier ^b   Tanaka, Fumihide ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

body; design; gesture; human robot interaction; laboratory; social agency; social robotics; spatial organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 81255142534     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312711420565     Document Type: Article

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