The huggable

Stiehl, Walter Dan; Breazeal, Cynthia; Han, Kyeong‐Eun; Lieberman, Jeff; Lalla, Levi; Maymin, Allan; Salinas, Jonathan; Fuentes, Daniel; Toscano, Robert Lopez; Tong, Cheng; Kishore, Aseem

doi:10.1145/1179849.1179866

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“…Combining these two fields creates the potential for emotional interaction augmented by a direct physical connection, as surveyed in [2]. Classic examples of effective social-physical robots are the robotic creature [33], the Huggable [30], and Paro [28]. In its various possible application areas, spHRI can serve functions from enhancing mental healthcare treatment [25] to helping a robot more fully comprehend human intention [19].…”

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How Does It Feel to Clap Hands with a Robot?

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Kuchenbecker

2019

Int J of Soc Robotics

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Future robots may need lighthearted physical interaction capabilities to connect with people in meaningful ways. To begin exploring how users perceive playful human-robot hand-to-hand interaction, we conducted a study with 20 participants. Each user played simple hand-clapping games with the Rethink Robotics Baxter Research Robot during a 1-h-long session involving 24 randomly ordered conditions that varied in facial reactivity, physical reactivity, arm stiffness, and clapping tempo. Survey data and experiment recordings demonstrate that this interaction is viable: all users successfully completed the experiment and mentioned enjoying at least one game without prompting. Hand-clapping tempo was highly salient to users, and human-like robot errors were more widely accepted than mechanical errors. Furthermore, perceptions of Baxter varied in the following statistically significant ways: facial reactivity increased the robot's perceived pleasantness and energeticness; physical reactivity decreased pleasantness, energeticness, and dominance; higher arm stiffness increased safety and decreased dominance; and faster tempo increased energeticness and increased dominance. These findings can motivate and guide roboticists who want to design social-physical human-robot interactions.

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How Does It Feel to Clap Hands with a Robot?

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Kuchenbecker

2019

Int J of Soc Robotics

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“…Generally, they are used by seniors who are under psychological therapy for dementia or depression. Two examples of this type of robots are the Huggable [Stiehl et al 2006] and Paro [Wada and Shibata 2007]. Both Paro and the Huggable are therapeutic robotic companions with sensitive skins that react to touch to trigger some type of response of the robot.…”

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Information Technology for Active Ageing: A Review of Theory and Practice

Parra¹

2014

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Active Ageing (AA) aims to foster a physically, mentally and socially active lifestyle as a person ages. It is a complex, multi-faceted problem that involves a variety of different actors, such as policy makers, doctors, care givers, family members, friends and, of course, older adults. This survey aims to understand the role of a new actor, which increasingly plays the role of enabler and facilitator, i.e., that of the technology provider. The survey specifically focuses on Information Technology (IT), with a particular emphasis on software applications, and on how IT can prevent decline, compensate for lost capabilities, aid care, and enhance existing capabilities. The analysis confirms the crucial role of IT in AA, shows that AA requires a multidisciplinary approach, and identifies the need for better integration of hardware, software, the environment and the involved actors.

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The crying shame of robot nannies

Sharkey

2010

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Childcare robots are being manufactured and developed with the long term aim of creating surrogate carers. While total child-care is not yet being promoted, there are indications that it is "on the cards". We examine recent research and developments in childcare robots and speculate on progress over the coming years by extrapolating from other ongoing robotics work. Our main aim is to raise ethical questions about the part or full-time replacement of primary carers. The questions are about human rights, privacy, robot use of restraint, deception of children and accountability. But the most pressing ethical issues throughout the paper concern the consequences for the psychological and emotional wellbeing of children. We set these in the context of the child development literature on the pathology and causes of attachment disorders. We then consider the adequacy of current legislation and international ethical guidelines on the protection of children from the overuse of robot care.Who's to say that at some distant moment there might be an assembly line producing a gentle product in the form of a grandmother -whose stock in trade is love. From I

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The huggable

Cited by 3 publications

References 5 publications

How Does It Feel to Clap Hands with a Robot?

How Does It Feel to Clap Hands with a Robot?

Information Technology for Active Ageing: A Review of Theory and Practice

The crying shame of robot nannies

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