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Emotional Design in Human-Robot Interaction

Theory, Methods and Applications

  • Contributes to the design of human robot interaction from the point of emotional design
  • Provides fundamentals on Human-Robot Interaction and related topics such as emotions, User Experience, User-Centred Design and ethics
  • Offers an introduction to and overview of major user testing methods, measures and tools

Part of the book series: Human–Computer Interaction Series (HCIS)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Understanding the Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction

      • Hande Ayanoğlu, Emília Duarte
      Pages 3-7
    3. A Motivational Case Study in Social Robotics

      • João S. Sequeira, Maria Isabel Aldinhas Ferreira, Ana Nunes Barata, Maria Filomena Pereira
      Pages 9-35
  3. Fundamentals

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
    2. Human-Robot Interaction

      • Hande Ayanoğlu, João S. Sequeira
      Pages 39-55
    3. Emotions and Emotions in Design

      • Magda Saraiva, Hande Ayanoğlu
      Pages 57-70
    4. Ethics in Human-Robot Interaction

      • João S. Sequeira
      Pages 111-116
  4. Robot Design Process

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
    2. Emotional Design and Human-Robot Interaction

      • Magda Saraiva, Hande Ayanoğlu, Beste Özcan
      Pages 119-141
    3. Subjective and Objective Measures

      • Hugo Alexandre Ferreira, Magda Saraiva
      Pages 143-159
  5. Case Study

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
    2. Human-Robot Interaction: Exploring the Ability to Express Emotions by a Social Robot

      • Hande Ayanoğlu, Magda Saraiva, Luís Teixeira, Emília Duarte
      Pages 163-183
  6. Future Developments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
    2. Artificial Intelligence in Human-Robot Interaction

      • Edirlei Soares de Lima, Bruno Feijó
      Pages 187-199

About this book

While social robots participation increases in everyday human life, their presence in diverse contexts and situations is expected. At the same point, users tend to become more demanding regarding their roles, abilities, behaviour and appearance. Thus, designers and developers are confronted with the need to design more sophisticated robots that can produce such a positive reaction from users so as to become well accepted in various cases of use. Like this, Human-Robot Interaction has become a developing area.

Emotions are an important part in human life, since they mediate the interaction with other humans, entities and/or products. In recent years, there has been an increase in the importance of emotions applied to the design field, giving rise to the so-called Emotional Design area. In the case of Human-Robot Interaction, the emotional design can help to elicit (e.g., pleasurable) or prevent (e.g., unpleasant) emotional/affective reactions/responses.

This book gives a practical introduction to emotional design in human-robot interaction and supports designers with knowledge and research tools to help them take design decisions based on a User-Centred Design approach. It should also be useful to people interested in design processes, even if not directly related to the design of social robots but, instead, to other technology-based artefacts. The text is meant as a reference source with practical guidelines and advice for design issues.


Editors and Affiliations

  • IADE – Faculdade de Design, Tecnologia e Comunicação, Universidade Europeia, Lisbon, Portugal

    Hande Ayanoğlu, Emília Duarte

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eBook USD 139.00
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  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 179.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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