Using empathy to improve human-robot relationships

Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST

Volumn 59 LNICST, Issue , 2011, Pages 130-138

  Pereira, André ^a   Leite, Iolanda ^a   Mascarenhas, Samuel ^a   Martinho, Carlos ^a   Paiva, Ana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Companionship; Empathy; Human robot interaction

Indexed keywords

COMPANIONSHIP; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSIONS; PILOT STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84885883906     PISSN: 18678211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-19385-9_17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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