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
• 其他作者: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2013
• 主題: DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computer applications::Social and behavioral sciences; DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Audience research
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100910; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18223

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...