Investigation on People Living with Seal Robot at Home

International Journal of Social Robotics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-63

  Shibata, Takanori ^a   Kawaguchi, Yukitaka ^a   Wada, Kazuyoshi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human robot interaction; Mental commitment robot

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ANIMALS; HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION; SOCIAL ROBOTS; SURVEYS; TEXTURES; SEALS;

PLAYING STYLE; TACTILE TEXTURE; WAKE UP; GENDER DIFFERENCES;

SEALS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84856801834     PISSN: 18754791     EISSN: 18754805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12369-011-0111-1     Document Type: Article

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