Ripple effects of an embedded social agent: A field study of a social robot in the workplace

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 695-704

  Lee, Min Kyung ^a   Kiesler, Sara ^a   Forlizzi, Jodi ^a   Rybski, Paul ^b  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Field study; Human robot interaction; Organizational technology; Service design; Social agent; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EMBODIMENT; FIELD STUDIES; SERVICE DESIGN; SOCIAL AGENTS; WORKPLACE;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; ROBOTS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84862101702     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2207676.2207776     Document Type: Conference Paper

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