Robot Reciprocation of Hugs Increases Both Interacting Times and Self-disclosures

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 seve...

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Published inInternational journal of social robotics Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 353 - 361
Main Authors Shiomi, Masahiro, Nakata, Aya, Kanbara, Masayuki, Hagita, Norihiro
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.04.2021
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Control
Engineering
Mechatronics
Reciprocation
Robotics
Robots
Hug interaction
Human–robot touch interaction
Self-disclosure
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ISSN1875-4791
1875-4805
DOI10.1007/s12369-020-00644-x

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Summary: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.
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ISSN:1875-4791
1875-4805
DOI:10.1007/s12369-020-00644-x