The Role of Affective Touch in Human-Robot Interaction: Human Intent and Expectations in Touching the Haptic Creature

International Journal of Social Robotics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-180

  Yohanan, Steve ^a   MacLean, Karon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affect; Affect display; Affective touch; Emotion; Haptics; Human robot interaction (HRI); Robot pets; Socially interactive robots; Touch

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; MACHINE DESIGN; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS;

AFFECT; AFFECTIVE TOUCH; EMOTION; HAPTICS; HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION (HRI); INTERACTIVE ROBOT; TOUCH;

SOCIAL ROBOTS;

EID: 84870355183     PISSN: 18754791     EISSN: 18754805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12369-011-0126-7     Document Type: Article

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