How to make an autonomous robot as a partner with humans: design approach versus emergent approach

Fujita, Masahiro

doi:10.1098/rsta.2006.1923

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“…The biocybernetic form is a mathematical possibility. If it is accidentally born out of a negative loop it may well be invisible or exist incorporeally like a discrete architecture or matrix embedded through real and virtual frames of simulation [30]. It may not resemble any known intelligent species [31].…”

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Aesthetics of biocybernetic designs

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Mukhopadhyay

2014

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Aesthetics of biocybernetic designs

Thompson

Mukhopadhyay

2014

ACM SIGGRAPH 2014 Art Gallery

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“…HRIs based on inter- rather than intra-species relationships are less complex, and simpler to employ in social robots (Konok et al 2018 ). An inter-species focus on a functional approach emphasizes the goal that robotic agents are not built for a social state per se but rather for a social process, such as attachment (Miklósi et al 2017 ), where the relationship type is not a given feature of a robot but more a consequence of meaningful social interaction between agents (Fujita 2007 ; Miklósi and Gácsi 2012 ). This review will examine the foundation of using dog–human relationships as the inspiration for social robotic design and HRA.…”

Section: Ethorobotics: a Promising Path To Model Human–robot Attachmementioning

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Human–dog relationships as a working framework for exploring human–robot attachment: a multidisciplinary review

2021

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Robotic agents will be life-long companions of humans in the foreseeable future. To achieve such successful relationships, people will likely attribute emotions and personality, assign social competencies, and develop a long-lasting attachment to robots. However, without a clear theoretical framework-building on biological, psychological, and technological knowledge-current societal demands for establishing successful human-robot attachment (HRA) as a new form of inter-species interactions might fail. The study of evolutionarily adaptive animal behavior (i.e., ethology) suggests that human-animal behaviors can be considered as a plausible solution in designing and building models of ethorobots-including modeling the inter-species bond between domesticated animals and humans. Evidence shows that people assign emotional feelings and personality characteristics to animal species leading to cooperation and communication-crucial for designing social robots such as companion robots. Because dogs have excellent social skills with humans, current research applies humandog relationships as a template to understand HRA. Our goal of this article is twofold. First, we overview the research on how human-dog interactions are implemented as prototypes of non-human social companions in HRA. Second, we review research about attitudes that humans have for interacting with robotic dogs based on their appearance and behavior, the implications for forming attachments, and human-animal interactions in the rising sphere of robot-assisted therapy. The rationale for this review is to provide a new perspective to facilitate future research among biologists, psychologists, and engineers-contributing to the creation of innovative research practices for studying social behaviors and its implications for society addressing HRA.

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“…Such functional approach to social robotics may also be helpful because it stresses that robots are constructed for a social process and not for a social state. Just like in the case of human-dog relationship, a social robot does not automatically become a social partner (e.g., companion) but it achieves this state of social affairs if it engages in the appropriate kind of social interactions with its partner (see Fujita, 2007 ; Miklósi and Gácsi, 2012 ). Any type of partnership is not an a priori attribute of the robot but actually an outcome of relevant social interactions between the agents.…”

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Ethorobotics: A New Approach to Human-Robot Relationship

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Here we aim to lay the theoretical foundations of human-robot relationship drawing upon insights from disciplines that govern relevant human behaviors: ecology and ethology. We show how the paradox of the so called “uncanny valley hypothesis” can be solved by applying the “niche” concept to social robots, and relying on the natural behavior of humans. Instead of striving to build human-like social robots, engineers should construct robots that are able to maximize their performance in their niche (being optimal for some specific functions), and if they are endowed with appropriate form of social competence then humans will eventually interact with them independent of their embodiment. This new discipline, which we call ethorobotics, could change social robotics, giving a boost to new technical approaches and applications.

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How to make an autonomous robot as a partner with humans: design approach versus emergent approach

Cited by 16 publications

References 26 publications

Aesthetics of biocybernetic designs

Aesthetics of biocybernetic designs

Human–dog relationships as a working framework for exploring human–robot attachment: a multidisciplinary review

Ethorobotics: A New Approach to Human-Robot Relationship

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