Machine or friend: Understanding users' preferences for and expectations of a humanoid robot companion

Proceedings from the 5th Conference on Design and Emotion 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Carpenter, Julie ^a   Eliot, Matt ^a   Schultheis, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Box 354350 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Android; Appearance; Companion robot; Design; Emotion; Function; Human robot interaction; Robot; Service robot; Usability

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS; DESIGN; FUNCTIONS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBOTS;

ANDROID; APPEARANCE; COMPANION ROBOT; EMOTION; SERVICE ROBOTS; USABILITY;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 85011390969     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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