Ibn sina steps out: Exploring arabic attitudes toward humanoid robots

Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction - A Symposium at the AISB 2010 Convention

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 88-94

  Riek, Laurel D ^a   Mavridis, Nikolaos ^b   Antali, Shammah ^b   Darmaki, Noura ^b   Ahmed, Zeeshan ^c   Al Neyadi, Maitha ^b   Alketheri, Amina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE EDUCATION; CONVERSATIONAL SYSTEMS; CULTURAL ATTITUDES; DAILY LIVES; GLOBAL ECONOMIES; HUMANOID ROBOT; ROBOT DESIGNERS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; SURVEYS;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS;

EID: 84863884614     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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