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Acceptance of cybernetic avatars for capability enhancement: a large-scale survey
Laura Aymerich-Franch, Tarek Taha, Hiroko Kamide +3
Avatar embodiment experiences have the potential to enhance human capabilities by extending human senses, body, and mind. This study investigates social acceptance of robotic and v…
Public Acceptance of Cybernetic Avatars in the service sector: Evidence from a Large-Scale Survey in Dubai
Laura Aymerich-Franch, Tarek Taha, Takahiro Miyashita +3
Cybernetic avatars are hybrid interaction robots or digital representations that combine autonomous capabilities with teleoperated control. This study investigates the acceptance o…
Stakeholder perspectives on designing socially acceptable social robots and robot avatars for Dubai and multicultural societies
Laura Aymerich-Franch, Tarek Taha, Hiroshi Ishiguro +2
Robot avatars for customer service are gaining traction in Japan. However, their acceptance in other societal contexts remains underexplored, complicating efforts to design robot a…
Socially assistive robots' deployment in healthcare settings: a global perspective
Laura Aymerich-Franch, Iliana Ferrer
One of the major areas where social robots are finding their place in society is for healthcare-related applications. Yet, very little research has mapped the deployment of sociall…
A Robotic Positive Psychology Coach to Improve College Students' Wellbeing
Sooyeon Jeong, Sharifa Alghowinem, Laura Aymerich-Franch +5
A significant number of college students suffer from mental health issues that impact their physical, social, and occupational outcomes. Various scalable technologies have been pro…
Liaison, safeguard, and well-being: analyzing the role of social robots during the COVID-19 pandemic
Laura Aymerich-Franch, Iliana Ferrer
We examine the implementation of social robots in real-world settings during the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, we analyze the areas in which social robots are being adopted, th…