Should we love robots? – The most liked qualities of companion dogs and how they can be implemented in social robots

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Highlights:

• People's attitude toward dogs is better than toward robots.

• Having emotions, personality and showing attachment are the main advantages of dogs.

• Respondents show high agreement about the behavioral manifestation of preferred qualities.

• We have provided a behavioral protocol for roboticists to design social robots.

摘要

•People's attitude toward dogs is better than toward robots.•Having emotions, personality and showing attachment are the main advantages of dogs.•Respondents show high agreement about the behavioral manifestation of preferred qualities.•We have provided a behavioral protocol for roboticists to design social robots.

论文关键词:Human-robot interaction,Dog,Robot,Attitudes,Ethorobotics

论文评审过程:Received 8 June 2017, Revised 13 October 2017, Accepted 3 November 2017, Available online 4 November 2017, Version of Record 13 November 2017.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.11.002