Observing Robot Touch in Context: How Does Touch and Attitude Affect Perception of a Robot's Social Qualities?

Thomas Arnold and Matthias Scheutz

We examine how the observation of a robot-initiated touch, shown in a task scenario and accompanied by either a positive or negative attitude in the robot's verbal feedback, affects how a robot's social qualities are evaluated.

@inproceedings{arnold2018hri,
  title={Observing Robot Touch in Context: How Does Touch and Attitude Affect Perception of a Robot's Social Qualities?},
  author={Thomas Arnold and Matthias Scheutz},
  year={2018},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction},
  url={https://hrilab.tufts.edu/publications/arnold2018hri.pdf}
}