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Love and Sex with Robots

Second International Conference, LSR 2016, London, UK, December 19-20, 2016, Revised Selected Papers

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 10237)

Part of the book sub series: Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI)

Conference series link(s): LSR: International Conference on Love and Sex with Robots

Conference proceedings info: LSR 2016.

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Table of contents (13 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
  2. Keynote Talk

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Why Not Marry a Robot?

      • David Levy
      Pages 3-13
  3. Papers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
    2. Teletongue: A Lollipop Device for Remote Oral Interaction

      • Daisuke Yukita, Fathima Assilmia, Nadira Anndhini, Dolhathai Kaewsermwong
      Pages 40-49
    3. ROMOT: A Robotic 3D-Movie Theater Allowing Interaction and Multimodal Experiences

      • Sergio Casas, Cristina Portalés, María Vidal-González, Inma García-Pereira, Marcos Fernández
      Pages 50-63
    4. For the Love of Artifice 2: Attachment

      • Trudy Barber
      Pages 64-71
    5. Influences on the Intention to Buy a Sex Robot

      • Jessica M. Szczuka, Nicole C. Krämer
      Pages 72-83
    6. The Cyborg Mermaid (or: How Technè Can Help the Misfits Fit in)

      • Martine Mussies, Emiel Maliepaard
      Pages 84-96
    7. Exploration of Relational Factors and the Likelihood of a Sexual Robotic Experience

      • Riley Richards, Chelsea Coss, Jace Quinn
      Pages 97-103
    8. The Impact of a Humanlike Communication Medium on the Development of Intimate Human Relationship

      • Nobuhiro Jinnai, Hidenobu Sumioka, Takashi Minato, Hiroshi Ishiguro
      Pages 104-114
    9. Kissenger – Development of a Real-Time Internet Kiss Communication Interface for Mobile Phones

      • Emma Yann Zhang, Shogo Nishiguchi, Adrian David Cheok, Yukihiro Morisawa
      Pages 115-127
    10. Sex with Robots for Love Free Encounters

      • Lynne Hall
      Pages 128-136
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 149-149

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About this book

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Love and Sex with Robots 2016 in December 2016, in London, UK.

The 12 revised papers presented together with 1 keynote were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 38 submissions.

The papers of the Second International Conference have been accepted and reviewed in 2015 but could not be presented as there was no conference in 2015 but at the conference in 2016.

The topics of the conferences were as follows: robot emotions, humanoid robots, clone robots, entertainment robots, robot personalities, teledildonics, intelligent electronic sex hardware, gender approaches, affective approaches, psychological approaches, sociological approaches, roboethics, and philosophical approaches.

The papers from the First International Conference 2015 were as follows: 

  • The Impact of a Humanlike Communication Medium on The Development of Intimate HumanRelationship 
  •  Kissenger – Development of a Real-Time Internet Kiss Communication Interface for Mobile Phones 
  •  Sex with Robots for Love Free Encounters

The papers from the Second International Conference 2016 were as follows: 

  • Why Not Marry a Robot? 
  • Sex Robots from the Perspective of Machine Ethics 
  • Affective Labor and Technologies of Gender in Wei Yahua’s “Conjugal Happiness in the Arms of Morpheus” 
  • Teletongue: A Lollipop Device For Remote Oral Interaction 
  • ROMOT: a Robotic 3D-Movie Theater Allowing Interaction and Multimodal  Experiences 
  • For the Love of Artifice 2: Attachment 
  • Influences on the Intention to buy a Sex Robot: An empirical study on influences of personality traits and personal characteristics on the intention to  buy a sex robot 
  • The Cyborg Mermaid (orhow technè can help the misfits fit in) 
  • Exploration of Relational Factors and the Likelihood of a Sexual Robotic Experience 
  • Robots, and Intimacies; A Preliminary Study of Perceptions of Robots and Intimacies with Robots



Editors and Affiliations

  • City, University of London, London, United Kingdom

    Adrian David Cheok

  • Goldsmiths, University of London, London, United Kingdom

    Kate Devlin

  • Intelligent Toys Ltd., London, United Kingdom

    David Levy

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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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