Robots, love, and sex: The ethics of building a love machine

IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 398-409

  Sullins, John P ^a  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective computing; Artificial companions; Artificial emotions; Robotics

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE COMPUTING; ARTIFICIAL COMPANIONS; ARTIFICIAL EMOTIONS; EARLY DESIGN STAGES; HUMAN EMOTION; HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN USERS;

ROBOTICS;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EID: 84872242148     PISSN: 19493045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-AFFC.2012.31     Document Type: Article

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