How design characteristics of robots determine evaluation and uncanny valley related responses

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 422-439

  Rosenthal Von Der Pütten, Astrid M ^a   Krämer, Nicole C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Android; Design characteristics; Human robot interaction; Robot; Uncanny valley

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LANDFORMS; RATING; ROBOTS; MACHINE DESIGN; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ANDROID; CUBIC FUNCTION; DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS; HUMAN LIKENESS; HUMANOID ROBOT; UNCANNY VALLEY; WEB-BASED SURVEYS;

MACHINE DESIGN; HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION;

EID: 84899847670     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.03.066     Document Type: Article

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