Are physically embodied social agents better than disembodied social agents? : the effects of physical embodiment, tactile interaction, and people's loneliness in human–robot interaction

• Main Authors: Lee, Kwan Min, Jung, Younbo, Kim, Jaywoo, Kim, Sang Ryong
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computer applications::Social and behavioral sciences; DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Audience research
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100910; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18223
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Two experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of physical embodiment in human-agent interaction. Experiment 1 (N = 32) shows positive effects of physical embodiment on the feeling of an agent's social presence, the evaluation of the agent, the assessment of public evaluation of the...