The influence of robot anthropomorphism on the feelings of embarrassment when interacting with robots

Medical robots are expected to help with providing care in an aging society. The degree to which patients experience embarrassment in a medical examination might be influenced by the robots’ level of anthropomorphism. The results of our preliminary study show that young, healthy, Dutch university st...

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Main Authors: Bartneck Christoph, Bleeker Timo, Bun Jeroen, Fens Pepijn, Riet Lynyrd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2010-06-01
Series:Paladyn: Journal of Behavioral Robotics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/s13230-010-0011-3