Robot Reciprocation of Hugs Increases Both Interacting Times and Self-disclosures
Robot Reciprocation of Hugs Increases Both Interacting Times and Self-disclosures
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机器人的拥抱互动增加了互动时间和自我表露
DOI:
10.1007/s12369-020-00644-x
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发表时间:
2020
影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
N. Hagita
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作者:
M. Shiomi;Aya Nakata;M. Kanbara;N. Hagita
Physical contact like touching and hugging plays an essential role in social bonding between people by encouraging interactions and self-disclosure. However, in a human–robot interaction context, it remains unknown whether physical activity with robots provides such similar effects, even though several positive effects of touch interactions have been unveiled. Therefore, we used a hugging robot that we previously developed and experimentally investigated its physical interactions related to encouraging interactions and self-disclosure with 48 participants. Our results showed that reciprocated hugs increased the interaction times and encouraged more self-disclosure from the hugged participants than those who did not get reciprocated hugs.